Biology:Gingicithara ponderosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Gingicithara ponderosa
Gingicithara ponderosa 001.jpg
Drawing of a shell of Gingicithara ponderosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Gingicithara
Species:
G. ponderosa
Binomial name
Gingicithara ponderosa
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia ponderosa Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Gingicithara ponderosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The shell of the adult snail varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.

The shell is numerously narrowly and delicately longitudinally ribbed and is latticed by revolving striae. The shell is yellowish white, interruptedly narrowly brown-banded at the slight shoulder, and occasionally tinged with brown elsewhere.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2009). Gingicithara ponderosa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433886 on 2017-06-18
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Mangilia pessulata)
  • Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10289681 entry