Austrasiatica langfordi

Austrasiatica langfordi
Austrasiatica langfordi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Austrasiatica
Species: A. langfordi
Binomial name
Austrasiatica langfordi
(Kuroda, 1938)
Synonyms

Nesiocypraea langfordi (Kuroda, 1938)

Austrasiatica langfordi, common name : Langford's cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

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Subspecies

  • Austrasiatica langfordi cavatoensis (Lorenz, F. Jr., 2002)
  • Austrasiatica langfordi langfordi (Kuroda, T., 1938)
  • Austrasiatica langfordi moretonensis (Schilder, F.A., 1965)

Description

The shell size varies between 37 mm and 70 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Northern Australia.

References

  1. ^ Austrasiatica langfordi . WoRMS (2009). Austrasiatica langfordi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530898 on 1 January 2011.
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

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