Ponderia magna

Ponderia magna
Shell of Ponderia magna (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Ponderia
Species:	P. magna
Binomial name
Ponderia magna Houart, 1988

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Coral Sea.

References

1. Ponderia magna Houart, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

External links

• Houart, R.; Héros, V. (2012). New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific. Zoosystema. 34(1), 21-37