Ponderia caledonica

Ponderia caledonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Ponderia caledonica
Shell of Ponderia caledonica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Tripterotyphinae
Genus:
Ponderia
Species:
P. caledonica
Binomial name
Ponderia caledonica
Houart, 1988

Description

The length of the shell attains 15.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References
  1. Ponderia caledonica Houart, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1988. Description of seven new species of Muricidae (Neagastropoda) from the south-western Pacific Ocean. Venus 47(3): 185-196
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.


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