Ponderia zealandica

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Ponderia zealandica
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P. zealandica
Binomial name
Ponderia zealandica
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms [1]
  • Prototyphis zealandicus(Hutton, 1873)
  • Pterynotus (Pterochelus) zealandica(Hutton, 1873)
  • Typhis zealandicaHutton, 1873

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

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