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
  • Mitra (Mitra) albina A. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra albina A. Adams, 1853 (original combination)

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

  1. 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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