Subspecies Ransoniella punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea punctata Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Holmiae Pts 1 & 2 588 pp.

 

Generic Combinations

• Notadusta punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771). —
  Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [183]
• Ransoniella punctata punctata (Linnaeus, 1771).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indian Ocean east to central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine.

 

General References

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [183]

Meyer, C. 2005. Notadusta punctata punctata Linnaeus, 1771. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/punctata.htm

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 (included)

Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included in analysis)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [185] (as Cypraea punctata)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	16-May-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		05-Mar-2012	MOVED
		23-Nov-2011	MODIFIED