OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Nesiocypraea langfordi (Kuroda, 1938)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Nesiocypraea langfordi langfordi (Kuroda, 1938)
   Nesiocypraea langfordi moretonensis (Schilder, 1965)
   Nesiocypraea langfordi cavatoensis Lorenz, 2002

Distribution

Japan to Indonesia, Melanesia

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.173 [{as Cypraea langfordi}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.111 Subspecific arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
                              Nesiocypraea langfordi (Kuroda, 1938)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52581) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-28. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-17.