Gingicithara ponderosa
Species of gastropod
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Gingicithara ponderosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Gingicithara ponderosa | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Gingicithara ponderosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Gingicithara |
| Species: | G. ponderosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gingicithara ponderosa (Reeve, 1846) | |
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Description
The shell of the adult snail varies between 12 mm and 20 mm.
The shell is numerously narrowly and delicately longitudinally ribbed and is latticed by revolving striae. The shell is yellowish white, interruptedly narrowly brown-banded at the slight shoulder, and occasionally tinged with brown elsewhere.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.