Swainsonia

Swainsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitridae.[2]

Swainsonia
Swainsonia fissurata shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Imbricariinae
Genus: Swainsonia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1]
Type species
Mitra fissurata Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms
  • Mitrella Swainson, 1831 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitrella Risso, 1826 [Columbellidae]; Swainsonia is a replacement name)
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Species

Species within the genus Swainsonia include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy
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References

  1. Adams (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 180.
  2. Swainsonia . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  3. Swainsonia fissurata Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4.


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