Swainsonia casta

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Swainsonia casta
Zoological Illustrations Volume I Plate 48.jpg
Plate 48. Mitra casta. Chesnut-banded Mitre. Modern accepted name (2012) is Scabricola casta
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S. casta
Binomial name
Swainsonia casta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Mitra matronalisSchumacher, H.C.F., 1817
  • Mitra laevisAdams, A., 1853
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) casta(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Scabricola casta(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta castaGmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Swainsonia casta, common name the chaste mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa to Japan; off Pitcairn and Polynesia

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia casta. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934812 on 2017-06-21