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Ransoniella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Ransoniella

Similar
  
Blasicrura, Palmadusta diluculum, Talparia, Pustularia

Ransoniella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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This genus has become a synonym of Notadusta Schilder, 1935

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Ransoniella proposed by Dolin (2007) is controversial. However, as it has not been refuted in print, it was followed here in WoRMS. Ideally, Dolin's species will have to be tested by molecular characters.

Species

The following species within the genus Ransoniella have become synonym with Notadusta punctata (Linnaeus, 1771) :

  • Ransoniella bulbosa Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella erminea Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella fusula Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella glandina Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella labiosa Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella meyeri Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella oryza Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella punctata (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Ransoniella radiosa Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella serrata Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella uvula Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella vulgata Dolin, 2007
  • Ransoniella zyzypha Dolin, 2007
  • References

    Ransoniella Wikipedia