Swainsonia ocellata
| Swainsonia ocellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Swainsonia |
| Species: | S. ocellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Swainsonia ocellata (Swainson, 1831) | |
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Swainsonia ocellata , common name the eyed mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Subspecies
- Swainsonia ocellata ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
- Swainsonia ocellata sublevigata (Bozzetti, 2016)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 34 mm. The shell is roughly spindle-shaped, white towards the apex and brown towards the base, with striations and a row of reddish spots.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia ocellata. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934804 on 2017-06-22
- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. Pp. 330-417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
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