Gingicithara ponderosa explained

Gingicithara ponderosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

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 occasionallytinged with brown elsewhere.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

• Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Mangelia. pls 1–8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Gingicithara ponderosa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433886 on 2017-06-18
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences