Swainsonia fusca

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

Swainsonia fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Mitridae
Genus:
Swainsonia
Species:
S. fusca
Binomial name
Swainsonia fusca
(Swainson, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra fusca Swainson, 1823
  • Mitra zephyrina Sowerby, 1874

Description

The shell is nearly spindle-shaped, entirely brown and marked by bands of punctured dots. Size varies between 14 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola.

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References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia fusca. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944701 on 2017-06-22
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 131
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2011). Addenda. pp. 545–649, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 4. Hackenheim: ConchBooks.
  • "Scabricola (Swainsonia) fusca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.


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