Ponderia Explained

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

Species

Species within the genus Ponderia include:

• † Ponderia abessensis Lozouet, 1998
• Ponderia abies Houart, 1986
• † Ponderia bispinosa (J. de C. Sowerby, 1823)
• Ponderia caledonica Houart, 1988
• Ponderia canalifera (Sowerby, 1841)
• Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990
• Ponderia magna Houart, 1988
• † Ponderia magnei (Vergneau-Saubade, 1968)
• Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873)

References

• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

External links

• Houart, R. (1986). Ponderia gen. nov. with discussion of related genera, and description of Ponderia abies sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae). Apex. 1(3): 88-94.