Langford's cowry
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Langford’s cowry is also popular with shell collectors.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Langford's cowry
- Scientific name
- Austrasiatica langfordi
- Japanese name
- ニッポンダカラ
- Group
- Ocean animals
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Cypraeidae
- Genus
- Austrasiatica
It is also listed under the scientific name Cypraea langfordi.
A shellfish that lives in seas south of the Boso Peninsula and across the Indian Ocean and western Pacific.
Basic data
- Range
- South of the Boso Peninsula and the Indo-West Pacific
Where the Langford's cowry has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ニッポンダカラChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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