Austrasiatica langfordi

Langford's cowry
	Shell of Austrasiatica langfordi cavatoensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Austrasiatica
Species:	A. langfordi
Binomial name
	Austrasiatica langfordi; (Kuroda, 1938)
Synonyms
	Cypraea langfordi (Kuroda, 1938); Erronea (Gratiadusta) langfordi Kuroda, 1938 (basionym); Erronea langfordi Kuroda, 1938 (original combination); Nesiocypraea langfordi (Kuroda, 1938);

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

Subspecies[edit]

The shell size varies between 37 mm and 70 mm

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan and Northern Australia.

^ 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 .

Kuroda T. (1938). Two new Japanese cowries. Venus. 8(3–4): 129–133, pls 5–7
Meyer, C.P. (2004) Toward comprehensiveness: Increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127–156.
Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002–2006. Census of Marine Life.
Lorenz F. & Chiapponi M. (2017). The Philippine population of Austrasiatica langfordi (Kuroda 1938) (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 16: 69–75

"Austrasiatica langfordi langfordi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

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