Ponderinella Explained

Ponderinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Elachisinidae.^{[1] [2]}

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

This 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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 483-506.
2. 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
3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ponderinella tornatica (Moolenbeek & Hoenselaar, 1995). www.marinespecies.org. 2020-04-04.
4. Book: Société belge de malacologie. Apex /. malacologie. Société belge de. 1995. La Société. v.10 (1995). Bruxelles.