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Austrasiatica langfordi

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Langford's cowry
Shell of Austrasiatica langfordi cavatoensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  • Austrasiatica langfordi cavatoensis (Lorenz, F. Jr., 2002)
  • Austrasiatica langfordi langfordi (Kuroda, 1938)
  • Austrasiatica langfordi moretonensis (Schilder, F.A., 1965)
  • Austrasiatica langfordi poppeorum Lorenz & Chiapponi, 2017

Description

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The shell size varies between 37 mm and 70 mm. It lives from Honshu, to Indonesia, to Melanesia. It lives in depths from around 100 to 250 meters.[2]

Distribution

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

References

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  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 .
  2. ^ Kuroda (1938). "Austrasiatica langfordi". The Chong Chen Archives.
  • 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
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