Ponderia

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

Ponderia
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

Species

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

1. Ponderia Houart, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
2. Ponderia abies Houart, 1986. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Ponderia caledonica Houart, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Ponderia canalifera (Sowerby, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Ponderia magna Houart, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. 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

• Houart, R. (1986). Ponderia gen. nov. with discussion of related genera, and description of Ponderia abies sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae). Apex. 1(3): 88-94.