Ponderinella
Ponderinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Elachisinidae.[1][2]
| Ponderinella | |
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| Shell of Ponderinella difficilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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
    
- 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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