Cronia Explained

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

Description

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.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Cronia include:

• Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835)
• Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)
• Cronia avellana (Reeve, 1846)
• † Cronia tengawaica Laws, 1933

Species inquirendum:

• Cronia obockensis (Jousseaume, 1888)

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)

External links

• Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
• Claremont M., Houart R., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Ergalataxinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 79(1): 19-29

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650 Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls