Ponderia magna

Short description: Species of gastropod

Ponderia magna

Shell of Ponderia magna (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

Superfamily:  |

Muricoidea

Family:  |

Muricidae

Subfamily:  |

Tripterotyphinae

Genus:  |

Ponderia

Species:  |

P. magna

Binomial name
Ponderia magna

Houart, 1988

Ponderia magna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea.

## References

1. ↑ Ponderia magna Houart, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

* Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

## External links

* Houart, R.; Héros, V. (2012). New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema. 34(1), 21-37

Wikidata ☰ Q7227697 entry

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