Ponderinella
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| Ponderinella | |
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| Shell of Ponderinella difficilis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Elachisinidae |
| Genus: | Ponderinella B.A. Marshall, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| Ponderinella lignicola B.A. Marshall, 1988 | |
Ponderinella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Elachisinidae.[1][2]
They are marine snails, only found in salt water environment.[3] It was first discovered by Moolenbeek, R. G. and Hoenselaar, H. J. in 1995.[4]
