Ponderia
| Ponderia | |
|---|---|
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| Ponderia caledonica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Ponderia Houart, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| † Typhis zealandica Hutton, 1873 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Prototyphis (Ponderia) Houart, 1986 | |
Ponderia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Ponderia include:
- † Ponderia abessensis Lozouet, 1998
- Ponderia abies Houart, 1986[2]
- † Ponderia bispinosa (J. de C. Sowerby, 1823)
- Ponderia caledonica Houart, 1988[3]
- Ponderia canalifera (Sowerby, 1841)[4]
- Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990[5]
- Ponderia magna Houart, 1988[6]
- † Ponderia magnei (Vergneau-Saubade, 1968)
- Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Ponderia Houart, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ponderia abies Houart, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ponderia caledonica Houart, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ponderia canalifera (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ponderia magna Houart, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
External links
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