Ponapea ponapensis, formerly Dendrotrochus ponapensis, is a species of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is endemic to Micronesia.

Ponapea ponapensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Chronidae
Genus: Ponapea
Species:
P. ponapensis
Binomial name
Ponapea ponapensis
Synonyms[3]
  • Dendrotrochus (Ponapea) ponapensis H. B. Baker, 1941
  • Dendrotrochus ponapensis H. B. Baker, 1941

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Dendrotrochus ponapensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T6486A12783232. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T6486A12783232.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Baker, H. B. (1941). Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands. Part 3 and 4. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 166: 203–370., available online at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull166.pdf
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Ponapea ponapensis (H. B. Baker, 1941). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1424072 on 28 June 2024