Shell: small, light, oblong ovate to sub-pyriform, ranging from 9-17 mm.
Spire concealed. Teeth: 18 to 21 columellar teeth; 16 to 19 labral teeth.
Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous.
Exterior colour cream may have pale transverse bands; dorsum with variable brown spots; base cream; margins spotted; teeth maybe highlighted with tan.
Specimens
Mudjimba Island, Australia Size: 12.34mm Collected: 2000 Collected from 10m on rocky reef by diver.
forma: iredalei (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) This form from Melanesia. Smaller; spotting on dorsum coarse and sparse; teeth paler. General Store, Solomon Islands Size: 12.39mm Collected: 2000 Collected from coral rubble at 10m by diver. Also found dead specimen.
forma: iredalei (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) This form from Melanesia. Smaller; spotting on dorsum coarse and sparse; teeth paler. Marau Sound, Solomon Islands Size: 12.65mm Collected: Unknown Collected from dead branching coral at low tide.
Subspecies: Ransoniella punctata trizonata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Tahiti & Tuamotus. Extremities without callous; dorsum fawn with 2 paler transverse bands; spotting, small, minimal; columellar teeth not stained. Asau, Western Samoa Size: 9.8mm Collected: 2019 Collected from dead plate coral at 3-5 m at night.
forma: iredalei (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) This form from Melanesia. Smaller; spotting on dorsum coarse and sparse; teeth paler. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Size: mm Collected: 1984 found dead in coral rubble 3-4 metres of water
forma: iredalei (Schilder & Schilder, 1938) This form from Melanesia. Smaller; spotting on dorsum coarse and sparse; teeth paler. Port Vila, Vanuatu Size: 10mm Collected: Unknown Purchased at local markets.
Subspecies: Ransoniella punctata trizonata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Tahiti & Tuamotus. Extremities without callous; dorsum fawn with 2 paler transverse bands; spotting, small, minimal; columellar teeth not stained. Papeete, French Polynesia Size: 9.74mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under coral slabs on hard reef at 3-5m. Tiny pale shell.
Tavarua Island, Fiji Size: 14.19mm Collected: Unknown Intertidal in sand and coral rubble.
forma: glandina (Dolin, 2007) This form has rostrated and red stained teeth. Nada, Japan Size: 10.19mm Collected: 1979 At low tide under a rock collected August 1979
forma: fusula Dolin, 2007 The form from the Philippines has rostrated extremities and faintly banded dorsum. Olango Island, Philippines Size: 13mm Collected: 2015 collected by diver at 10-20m collected August 2015
Olango Island, Philippines Size: 14mm Collected: 2015 collected by diver at 10-20m collected August 2015
Bohol, Philippines Size: 10mm Collected: Unknown No data.
forma: glandina (Dolin, 2007) This form has rostrated and red stained teeth. Weno Island, chuuk state Size: mm Collected: 2004 found dead in coral rubble 2 metres of water
Subspecies: Ransoniella punctata berinii (Dautzenberg, 1906) Pate Is, Kenya Size: 16mm Collected: 2015 under rock in 1-2m of water
Subspecies: Ransoniella punctata conleyi C. P. Meyer & Lorenz, 2017 Seychelles, Seychelles Size: 17.52mm Collected: Unknown Collected from under coral at 1-2m by snorkeller.
