Austrasiatica langfordi explained

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.

Subspecies

• 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

The shell size varies between 37 mm and 70 mm

Distribution

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

References

• 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