Swainsonia ocellata

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Swainsonia ocellata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Swainsonia
Species:
S. ocellata
Binomial name
Swainsonia ocellata
(Swainson, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Mitra ocellataSwainson, 1831 (original combination)
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) ocellata(Swainson, 1831)
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) ocellata ocellata(Swainson, 1831)
  • Scabricola ocellata(Swainson, 1831)
  • Swainsonia mariae(A. Adams, 1853)
  • Swainsonia ocellata f. mariae(A. Adams, 1853)

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

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Subspecies

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; also off Madagascar

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References

  1. 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