African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Ransoniella punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)

MolluscaBase taxon details

Ransoniella punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-21156)

AphiaID

1035178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035178)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Ransoniella punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)

Original name

Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1771

Synonymised names

Cypraea atomaria Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea punctata punctata Linnaeus, 1771 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Cypraea punctata var. decolorata J. E. Gray, 1824 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cypraea stercusmuscarum Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Evenaria carula Iredale, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Notadusta punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Palmadusta (Palmadusta) punctata iredalei R. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Palmadusta punctata atomaria (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Palmadusta punctata iredalei (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella atomaria (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella bulbosa Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella carula (Iredale, 1939) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella erminea Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella fusula Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella glandina Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella iredalei (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella labiosa Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella meyeri Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella oryza Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella radiosa Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella serrata Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella uvula Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella vulgata Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Ransoniella zyzypha Dolin, 2007 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 548 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ransoniella punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035178 on 2025-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-09-13 10:39:48Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-05-12 10:56:44Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, 1771) Linnaeus C. (1771). Mantissa plantarum: Generum editionis VI. et specierum editionis II. L. Salvius, Holmiae. Vol. Mantissa [2] altera: Regni Animalis Appendix: 521-552. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42945322
page(s): 548 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella bulbosa Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 8 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella erminea Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 9 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella fusula Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 10 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella glandina Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 11 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella labiosa Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 13 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella meyeri Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella oryza Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 15 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella radiosa Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 16 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella serrata Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 17 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella uvula Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 18 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella vulgata Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 19 [details]

original description (of Ransoniella zyzypha Dolin, 2007) Dolin L. (2007) Les Ransoniella Dolin & Lozouet, 2005 de la mer de Sulu, Philippines (Caenogastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 2(1): 4-42. [May 2007]
page(s): 22 [details]

original description (of Cypraea atomaria Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

original description (of Evenaria carula Iredale, 1939) Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 9(3): 297-323, 3 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38926931#page/359/mode/1up
page(s): 315, pl. 28, figs 27, 28 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Palmadusta (Palmadusta) punctata iredalei R. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 156 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Cypraea stercusmuscarum Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 98 [details]

original description (of Cypraea punctata var. decolorata J. E. Gray, 1824) Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7 [March 1824]; 1(2): 137-152 [June 1824]; 1(3): 367-391, pl. 12 [October 1824]; 1(4): 489-518, 603 (unnumbered Errata and Addendum) [January 1825]; 3(11): 363-371 [December 1827]; 3(12): 567-576 [April 1828]; 4(14): 66-88 (additions and corrections) [July 1828]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27570798
page(s): 1: 380 [details]

basis of record Meyer C.P. & Lorenz F. (2017). Descriptions of new subspecies of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 16: 5-27. [details]

additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 564 [details]