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

Ponderia
Ponderia caledonica
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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

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Species within the genus Ponderia include:

References

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  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.
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