Austrasiatica langfordi


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
  • Austrasiatica langfordi langfordi
  • Austrasiatica langfordi moretonensis
  • Austrasiatica langfordi poppeorum Lorenz & Chiapponi, 2017

    Description

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.

Distribution

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