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Kora corallina

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Orthalicoidea

Species
  
K. corallina

Genus
  
Kora

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Bulimulidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Similar
  
Orthalicidae, Bulimulidae, Drymaeus, Stylommatophora

Kora corallina is a species of a tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.

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Taxonomy

The scientific name Kora corallina is named in honour of Brazilian poet Cora Coralina. Kora corallina is the type species of the genus Kora. It was originally classified with the family Orthalicidae and it was moved to the family Bulimulidae in 2016.

Distribution

Kora corallina occurs in Santa Maria da Vitória municipality, in Bahia, Brazil.

References

Kora corallina Wikipedia