Kora, Simone, 2012

Simone, Luiz Ricardo L., 2012, Taxonomical Study On A Sample Of Pulmonates From Santa Maria Da Vitória, Bahia, Brazil, With Description Of A New Genus And Four New Species (Mollusca: Orthalicidae And Megalobulimidae), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 52 (36), pp. 431-439 : 431-439

Genus Kora new genus

Diagnosis: Outline fusiform; spire tall, somewhat turriform. Protoconch simple, paucispiral, ornamented by scanty axial cords. Umbilicus narrow.Peristome somewhat away from longitudinal axis of spire. Peristome deflected. Inner lip with strong, oblique tooth in middle level.

Gender: Feminine.

List of included taxa: Kora corallina new species.

Etymology: The generic epithet refers to the aperture form, looking like a crown in spire, a contraction of the Latin word Corona = crown, corpse, with first letter changed to K to avoid homonymy.