Swainsonia fissurata

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]

Swainsonia fissurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
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)

Description

The shell size varies between 21 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

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

References
  1. 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.
  • "Scabricola (Swainsonia) fissurata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.


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