''Ponderinella'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snails
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,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the family
Elachisinidae
Elachisinidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Truncatelloidea and the order Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails (marine species) ...
.
[Williams S. T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (September 2008) "Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined". '' Zoologica Scripta'' 37(5): 483-506. ][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]
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
* 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): 949-1004Goto, 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
Elachisinidae
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