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

Swainsonia ocellata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Swainsonia
Species:
S. ocellata
Binomial name
Swainsonia ocellata
(Swainson, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Mitra ocellata Swainson, 1831 (original combination)
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) ocellata ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
  • Scabricola ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
  • Swainsonia mariae (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Swainsonia ocellata f. mariae (A. Adams, 1853)

Subspecies

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  • Swainsonia ocellata ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
  • Swainsonia ocellata sublevigata (Bozzetti, 2016)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 34 mm. The shell is roughly spindle-shaped, white towards the apex and brown towards the base, with striations and a row of reddish spots.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Madagascar

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia ocellata. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934804 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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