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Cronia

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Cronia
Cronia amygdala shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Cronia
H. & A. Adams, 1835
Type species
Purpura amygdala Kiener, 1835
Synonyms[1]
  • Cronia (Cronia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Morula (Cronia) H. Adams A. Adams, 1853
  • Purpura (Cronia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

Cronia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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The shell is ovate. The spire is acuminated. The aperture is moderate. The inner lip is callous at the upper part. The columella is straight and simple anteriorly.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Cronia include:

Species inquirendum
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cronia amygdata [sic]: synonym of Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835) (misspelling)
  • Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842): synonym of Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842)
  • Cronia contracta (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Ergalatax contracta (Reeve, 1846)
  • Cronia coronata (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Pinaxia coronata A. Adams, 1853
  • Cronia crassulnata (Hedley, 1915): synonym of Ergalatax crassulnata (Hedley, 1915)
  • Cronia fiscella (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Muricodrupa fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Murichorda fiscellum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cronia heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Ergalatax heptagonalis (Reeve, 1846) (synonym)
  • Cronia iostoma (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Murex iostoma A. Adams, 1853: synonym of Spinidrupa euracantha (A. Adams, 1853) (synonym)
  • Cronia konkanensis (Melvill, 1893): synonym of Semiricinula konkanensis (Melvill, 1893)
  • Cronia latiaxidea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894): synonym of Lataxiena fimbriata (Hinds, 1844) (synonym)
  • Cronia margariticola (Broderip in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833): synonym of Drupella margariticola (Broderip, 1833)
  • Cronia marginatra (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832)
  • Cronia martensi (Dall, 1923): synonym of Ergalatax junionae Houart, 2008
  • Cronia muricina (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)
  • Cronia ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832): synonym of Pascula ochrostoma (Blainville, 1832)
  • Cronia ozenneana (Crosse, 1861): synonym of Pascula ozenneana (Crosse, 1861)
  • Cronia pseudamygdala (Hedley, 1903): synonym of Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
  • Cronia spinosa (Adams H. & A., 1853): synonym of Morula spinosa (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853)
  • Cronia subnodulosa (Melvill, 1893): synonym of Orania subnodulosa (Melvill, 1893)
  • Cronia tosana (Pilsbry, 1904): synonym of Usilla tosana (Pilsbry, 1904)

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