Ponderinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Elachisinidae.[1][2]
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| Shell of Ponderinella difficilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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
editThis 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
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ponderinella tornatica (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ Société belge de malacologie; malacologie, Société belge de (1995). Apex /. Vol. v.10 (1995). Bruxelles: La Société.
- 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
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- Marshall B.A. 1988. Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales. Journal of Natural History, 22(4): 949-1004
- Goto, R.; Takano, T.; Eernisse, D. J.; Kato, M.; Kano, Y. (2021). Snails riding mantis shrimps: Ectoparasites evolved from ancestors living as commensals on the host's burrow wall. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163: 107122
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