| Ponderinella | |
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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 | |
Ponderinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Elachisinidae.
They are marine snails, only found in salt water environment. It was first discovered by Moolenbeek, R. G. and Hoenselaar, H. J. in 1995.
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
- 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
- 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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