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Swainsonia fissurata

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Swainsonia fissurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Swainsonia
Species:
S. fissurata
Binomial name
Swainsonia fissurata
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra fissurata Lamarck, 1811
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) fissurata (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Scabricola fissurata (Lamarck, 1811)

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

Description

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The shell size varies between 21 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and the Mascarene Basin.

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2017). Swainsonia fissurata (Lamarck, 1811). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217225 on 21 June 2017
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • 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): 126
  • 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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  • "Scabricola (Swainsonia) fissurata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.