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Austrasiatica hirasei

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Austrasiatica hirasei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Austrasiatica
Species:
A. hirasei
Binomial name
Austrasiatica hirasei
(Roberts, 1913)
Synonyms

Cypraea hirasei Roberts, 1913

Austrasiatica hirasei is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. It was first described by as Cypraea hirasei by S. Raymond Roberts, in 1913.[1][2] from a specimen found at Tanabe, on the Kii Coast in Japan.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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Range: East China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Fiji, Australia

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Austrasiatica hirasei (Roberts, 1913)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  2. ^ a b Roberts, S.R (1913). "New Cypraeidae". The Nautilus. 26 (9): 97, pl. 7 figs 1–3.