Ponderia elephantina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Ponderia elephantina | |
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Shell of Ponderia elephantina (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Ponderia |
Species: | P. elephantina
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Binomial name | |
Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
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- ^ Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R., 1990. Four new species of Muricidae from New Caledonia. Venus 49(3): 205-214
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.