Ponderinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Elachisinidae.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): 949-1004 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