Ponderiola
| Ponderiola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Ponderiola Fedosov, Bouchet, Dekkers, Gori, S.-I Huang, Kantor, Lemarcis, Marrow, Ratti, Rosenberg, R. Salisbury, Zvonareva & Puillandre, 2025 |
| Type species | |
| Mitra (Costellaria) nitidissima Melvill & Standen, 1895 | |
Ponderiola is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Costellariidae.[1]
Etymology
This genus is named after Winston Ponder, who has contributed immensely to the knowledge of systematics and evolution of molluscs. [1]
Species
- Ponderiola koumacensis (Herrmann, R. Salisbury & J. C. Martin, 2019)
- Ponderiola nitidissima (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
References
External links
- Fedosov, A.; Bouchet, P.; Dekkers, A.; Gori, S.; Huang, S.-I.; Kantor, Y.; Lemarcis, T.; Marrow, M.; Ratti, C.; Rosenberg, G.; Salisbury, R.; Zvonareva, S.; Puillandre, N. (2025). "The phylogeny and systematics of the Costellariidae (Caenogastropoda: Turbinelloidea) revisited". Invertebrate Systematics. 39 (7): 26. doi:10.1071/is24101. PMID 40608992.