Kora corallina | |
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Shell of Kora corallina (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Bulimulidae |
Genus: | Kora |
Species: | K. corallina
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Binomial name | |
Kora corallina Simone, 2012[1]
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Kora corallina is a species of a tropical air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae.
The scientific name Kora corallina is named in honour of Brazilian poet Cora Coralina.[1] Kora corallina is the type species of the genus Kora.[1] It was originally classified with the family Orthalicidae[1] and it was moved to the family Bulimulidae in 2016.[2]
Kora corallina occurs in Santa Maria da Vitória municipality, in Bahia, Brazil.[1][3]
This land snail occurs in Bahia, Brazil.