Jump to content

Swainsonia fusca

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Swainsonia fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Swainsonia
Species:
S. fusca
Binomial name
Swainsonia fusca
(Swainson, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra fusca Swainson, 1823
  • Mitra zephyrina Sowerby, 1874

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]

Description

[edit]

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

Distribution

[edit]

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

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b 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 22 June 2017
  • 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.
[edit]
  • "Scabricola (Swainsonia) fusca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.