Swainsonia ocellata explained

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]

Subspecies

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

Description

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

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

References

• 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.

External links

• • Swainson W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30
• Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337

Notes and References

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