Biology:Ponderinella

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Ponderinella
Ponderinella difficilis (MNHN-IM-2000-33602) 002.jpeg
Shell of Ponderinella difficilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Elachisinidae
Genus: Ponderinella
B.A. Marshall, 1988
Type species
Ponderinella lignicola B.A. Marshall, 1988

Ponderinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Elachisinidae.[1][2]

They are marine snails, only found in salt water environment.[3] It was first discovered by Moolenbeek, R. G. and Hoenselaar, H. J. in 1995.[4]

Species

This genus includes the following species:

  • Ponderinella carlosi Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Ponderinella difficilis Rubio & Rolán, 2018
  • Ponderinella finalis Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Ponderinella gabonensis Rolán & Rubio, 2012
  • Ponderinella ghanensis (Rolán & Ryall, 2000)
  • Ponderinella lignicola B.A. Marshall, 1988
  • Ponderinella major Hasegawa, 1997
  • Ponderinella minutissima Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Ponderinella skeneoides Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Ponderinella tornatica (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995)
  • Ponderinella xacriaba Absalão, 2009

References

  1. Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Ponderinella B.A. Marshall, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390692 on 2012-08-13
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ponderinella tornatica (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=525502. 
  4. Société belge de malacologie; malacologie, Société belge de (1995). Apex /. v.10 (1995). Bruxelles: La Société. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/133322. 
  • Rolán E. & Rubio F. 2012. A new species and range extension of Ponderinella (Gastropoda, Tornidae) in West Africa. Iberus, 30(2): 35-39

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7227695 entry