Swainsonia fusca
(Redirected from Dusky mitre)
| Swainsonia fusca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Swainsonia |
| Species: | S. fusca
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| Binomial name | |
| Swainsonia fusca (Swainson, 1824)
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Swainsonia fusca, common name : the dusky mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell is nearly spindle-shaped, entirely brown and marked by bands of punctured dots. Size varies between 14 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin and in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia fusca. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=944701 on 22 June 2017
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- 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): 131
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2011). Addenda. pp. 545–649, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 4. Hackenheim: ConchBooks.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scabricola fusca.
- "Scabricola (Swainsonia) fusca". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 December 2010.