Cronia H. Adams & A. Adams 1853

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

Species

Species within the genus Cronia include:

• Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835)^[2]
• Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853)^[3]
• Cronia avellana (Reeve, 1846)^[4]
• † 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)

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