punctate cowrie
Ransoniella punctata
- Usual depth4–390 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
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.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ransoniella punctata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 9 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 17 records
- October: 19 records
- November: 14 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–390 m · Deepest record: 466 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- punctate cowrie
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ゴマフダカラ（広義）
- Simplified Chinese
- 芝麻寶螺
Other scientific names: Cypraea punctata, Notadusta punctata, Palmadusta (Palmadusta) punctata, Palmadusta punctata
Similar species
- Martin's cowrie
Ransoniella martini
Kiener's CowryBistolida kieneri
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea tigris
- Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 428 open-data records from 1771 to 2012.
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