Fig. 5A
Orbitestella ponderi Linse, 2002: 82, pl. 9a, figs. 9.1.1 65–68, pl. 9b, figs. 9.1.1 69–72 (protoconch and radula)
Examined material. 1 an. and 13 sh. (MACN-In 40697).
Description. Shell width to 0.7 mm (up to 1.04 mm according to Linse 2002); discoidal, with spire only slightly raised; delicate. Protoconch of 1.25 bulbous whorls. Teleoconch of up to 2 whorls, markedly convex in outline, with straight shoulder. Suture deep, slightly channeled. Surface white; sculptured with 19 to 24 strong, markedly prosocline, axial ribs per whorl; interspaces with numerous spiral threads. Aperture rounded, interior white. Umbilicus wide, rounded. Operculum rounded, multispiral; pale brown, translucent.