Ponderia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species Species within the genus Ponderia include: † Ponderia abessensis Lozouet, 1998 Ponderia abies Houart, 1986 † Ponderia bispinosa (J. de C. Sowerby, 1823) Ponderia caledonica Houart, 1988 Ponderia canalifera (Sowerby, 1841) Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990 Ponderia magna Houart, 1988 † Ponderia magnei (Vergneau-Saubade, 1968) Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873)
References
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. (1986). Ponderia gen. nov. with discussion of related genera, and description of Ponderia abies sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae). Apex. 1(3): 88-94.