---
title: "Ponderous Ark"
description: "Noetia ponderosa — Otros animales. Noetia ponderosa, or the ponderous ark clam, is a marine clam in the family Noetiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/ponderous-ark
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ponderous Ark

> Noetia ponderosa — Otros animales. Noetia ponderosa, or the ponderous ark clam, is a marine clam in the family Noetiidae.

- Scientific name: *Noetia ponderosa*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4898
- Wikidata: [Q3013093](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3013093)
- iNaturalist taxon: [208873](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/208873)

## Names

- en: Ponderous Ark

## Countries with the most observations

US (3998), MX (18)

## Summary

Noetia ponderosa, or the ponderous ark clam, is a marine clam in the family Noetiidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noetia_ponderosa

## Photo

![Ponderous Ark](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ponderous-ark/medium.jpg)

Photo: peakaytea · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/148486586

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ponderous-ark?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).