Ponentina Explained

Ponentina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.^{[1] [2]} the hairy snails and their allies.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Ponentina antoni (E. Gittenberger, 2012)
• Ponentina curtivaginata D. T. Holyoak & G. A. Holyoak, 2012
• Ponentina excentrica G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2012
• Ponentina foiaensis G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2012
• Ponentina grandiducta G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2012
• Ponentina martigena (Férussac, 1832)
• Ponentina monoglandulosa D. T. Holyoak & G. A. Holyoak, 2012
• Ponentina octoglandulosa D. T. Holyoak & G. A. Holyoak, 2012
• Ponentina papillosa G. A. Holyoak & D. T. Holyoak, 2012
• Ponentina platylasia (da Silva e Castro, 1887)
• Ponentina ponentina (Morelet, 1845)
• Ponentina revelata (Michaud, 1831)
• Ponentina rosai (da Silva e Castro, 1887)
• Ponentina subvirescens (Bellamy, 1839), the type species

Taxon inquirendum:

• Ponentina ponsonbyana (Pilsbry, 1895)

References

• AnimalBase info at: http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=699
• Hesse, P. (1921). Beiträge zur näheren Kenntnis der Subfamilie Fruticicolinae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 53 (1/2): 55–83. Frankfurt am Main
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
• Holyoak, D. T.; Holyoak, G. A. (2012). A review of the genus Ponentina Hesse 1921 with descriptions of seven new species from Portugal and Spain (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Hygromiidae). Journal of Conchology. 41(2), 173-238

External links

• E. Gittenberger, On two nominal Ponentina species (Helicidae, Hygromiinae); Basteria, Volume 42 - Issue 1/3 p. 14- 14

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ponentina P. Hesse, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996338 on 2021-02-25
2. Razkin. Oihana. Gómez-Moliner. Benjamín Juán. Prieto. Carlos Enrique. Martínez-Ortí. Alberto. Arrébola. José Ramón. Muñoz. Benito. Chueca. Luis Javier. Madeira. María José. February 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83. 99–117. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. 25485783. 1055-7903.