Austrasiatica langfordi

Langford's cowry
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]

Subspecies

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.

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