Ransoniella punctata, common name the brown-spotted cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.Bouchet, P.; Moretzsohn, F.; Rosenberg, G. (2017). Ransoniella punctata (Linnaeus, 1771). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529722 on 2018-01-01
Subspecies Ransoniella punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771) Ransoniella punctata berinii (Dautzenberg, 1906) Ransoniella punctata trizonata (Sowerby III, 1870)
Description The shell size varies between 7.5 mm and 20 mm. The dorsum surface is usually light white or yellowish, with small brown spots.
Distribution This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) and Vanuatu.
Synonyms Cypraea atomaria Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1771 Cypraea punctata punctata Linnaeus, 1771 Evenaria carula Iredale, 1939 (original combination) Notadusta punctata (Linnaeus, 1771) Notadusta punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771) · accepted, alternate representation Palmadusta punctata (Linnaeus, 1771) Palmadusta punctata atomaria (Gmelin, 1791) Palmadusta punctata iredalei (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) (Synonym) Ransoniella atomaria (Gmelin, 1791) Ransoniella bulbosa Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella carula (Iredale, 1939) Ransoniella erminea Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella fusula Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella glandina Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella iredalei (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) Ransoniella labiosa Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella meyeri Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella oryza Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella persticta (Iredale, 1939) Ransoniella punctata (Linnaeus, 1771) Ransoniella radiosa Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella serrata Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella uvula Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella vulgata Dolin, 2007 Ransoniella zyzypha Dolin, 2007
References
WoRMS Encyclopedia of Life Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Holmiae Pts 1 & 2 588 pp.. Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. . 159 pp Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1–584. Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401–459 Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127–156
External links
Meyer, C. 2005. Notadusta punctata punctata Linnaeus, 1771. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005.