Ponapella

Ponapella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Subfamily: Omphalotropidinae
Genus: Ponapella
Clench, 1946
Species:
P. pihapiha
Binomial name
Ponapella pihapiha
Clench, 1946

Ponapella pihapiha is a species of small snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Assimineidae. It is the only species in the genus Ponapella.[2] This species is endemic to Micronesia.

References

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Ponapella pihapiha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T17974A7640533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17974A7640533.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Ponapella Clench, 1946". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 November 2025.