Swainsonia albina
| Swainsonia albina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Swainsonia |
| Species: | S. albina |
| Binomial name | |
| Swainsonia albina (A. Adams, 1853) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Swainsonia albina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean and off the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia albina. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934816 on 2017-06-21
- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
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