Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)

• Male pores in xviii, biprostatic
• Female pores in xiv.
• Spermathecal pores at vii/viii/ix.
• Prostomium epilobic.
• Lumbricine.
• Genital markings oval unpaired, median usually in xi/xx, sometimes in xii/xiii/xiv.
• Prostate tubular.
• Spermathecae paired in vii and ix with club-shaped diverticulum.
• Without typhlosole, calciferous and supra-intestinal gland.
• Intestine begins in xvii.
• Last pair heart xiii.
• Holandric, testes and male funnel free in x and xi.
• Length 60-140 mm.
• Known to occur in mud with large content of organic matter and salt on seashores and margins of estuaries and brackish water lakes.
• Single species recorded in India.
• Type locality is French Riviera.