Ponderia elephantina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Ponderia elephantina (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Ponderia |
| Species: | P. elephantina
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| Binomial name | |
| Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
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- ^ Ponderia elephantina Houart, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R., 1990. Four new species of Muricidae from New Caledonia. Venus 49(3): 205-214
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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