Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Notadusta Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Ransoniella punctata Rank Species | |
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Similar Palmadusta ziczac, Purpuradusta fimbriata, Palmadusta clandestina, Talostolida teres, Palmadusta | ||
Notadusta 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.
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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).
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