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

Swainsonia casta
Plate 48. Mitra casta. Chesnut-banded Mitre. Modern accepted name (2012) is Scabricola casta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Swainsonia
Species:
S. casta
Binomial name
Swainsonia casta
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Mitra matronalis Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
  • Mitra laevis Adams, A., 1853
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) casta (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Scabricola casta (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off East Africa to Japan; off Pitcairn and Polynesia

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia casta. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934812 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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  • "Scabricola (Swainsonia) casta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.