Swainsonia cloveri

Swainsonia cloveri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Swainsonia
Species: S. cloveri
Binomial name
Swainsonia cloveri
(Cernohorsky, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Cancilla (Ziba) cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (basionym)
  • Cancilla cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (original combination)
  • Ziba cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971)

Swainsonia cloveri 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 13 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan and the Solomon Islands

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934752 on 2017-06-22
  • 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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