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Ponderia caledonica

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Species of gastropod

Ponderia caledonica
Shell of Ponderia caledonica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Ponderia
Species: P. caledonica
Binomial name
Ponderia caledonica
Houart, 1988

Ponderia caledonica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 15.1 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. Ponderia caledonica Houart, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1988. Description of seven new species of Muricidae (Neagastropoda) from the south-western Pacific Ocean. Venus 47(3): 185-196
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
Taxon identifiers
Ponderia caledonica


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