Austrasiatica hirasei

Austrasiatica hirasei is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk 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]

Austrasiatica hirasei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Austrasiatica
Species:
A. hirasei
Binomial name
Austrasiatica hirasei
(Roberts, 1913)
Synonyms

Cypraea hirasei Roberts, 1913

Distribution

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

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


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