Ransoniella punctata Punctate Cowry, Brown-Spotted Cowry

Ransoniella punctatais commonly referred to as Punctate Cowry, Brown-Spotted Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Cypraea-punctata-jj-9453-012615_Ransoniella punctata,Punctate cowry, 8-17mm, Kwajalein 2020

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Scientific:: Ransoniella punctata
German:: Braun Gepunktete Kauri
English:: Punctate Cowry, Brown-Spotted Cowry

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Ransoniella (Genus) > punctata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1771

Occurrence:: Australia, China, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Kenya, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Somalia, Sulu Sea , Tansania, the Seychelles
Sea depth:: 1 - 35 Meter
Size:: 0" - 0.79" (0,8cm - 2,0cm)
Temperature:: 77 °F - 82.4 °F (25°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae, omnivore, Snails
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

More related species in this lexicon:

Ransoniella punctata
Braun Gepunktete Kauri

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-12-03 18:05:35
Last edit:: 2021-12-03 18:11:08

Info

Ransoniella punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)

The spotted cowry is a species of a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae. This species is al algae grazer and omnivore.

Synonymised names:
Cypraea atomaria Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1771
Evenaria carula Iredale, 1939 (original combination)
Notadusta punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)
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 radiosa Dolin, 2007
Ransoniella serrata Dolin, 2007
Ransoniella uvula Dolin, 2007
Ransoniella vulgata Dolin, 2007
Ransoniella zyzypha Dolin, 2007

Unterart (5):
Subspecies Ransoniella punctata berinii (Dautzenberg, 1906)
Subspecies Ransoniella punctata bridgesi C. P. Meyer & Lorenz, 2017
Subspecies Ransoniella punctata conleyi C. P. Meyer & Lorenz, 2017
Subspecies Ransoniella punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)
Subspecies Ransoniella punctata trizonata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 03.12.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 03.12.2021.

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Cypraea-punctata-jj-9453-012615_Ransoniella punctata,Punctate cowry, 8-17mm, Kwajalein 2020

Cypraea-punctata-jj-0249-012108_Ransoniella punctata,Punctate cowry, 8-17mm, Kwajalein 2020

Cypraea-punctata-jj-2588-111116_Ransoniella punctata,Punctate cowry on egg mass, 8-17mm, Kwajalein 2020

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