Ponderia caledonica

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Ponderia caledonica
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Shell of Ponderia caledonica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Ponderia
Species:
P. caledonica
Binomial name
Ponderia caledonica
Houart, 1988

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 15.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

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