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Ponderia elephantina

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Ponderia elephantina
Shell of Ponderia elephantina (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
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P. elephantina
Binomial name
Ponderia elephantina
Houart, 1990

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

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

  1. ^ Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart, R., 1990. Four new species of Muricidae from New Caledonia. Venus 49(3): 205-214
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.