Swainsonia biconica | |
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Shell of Swainsonia biconica (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Mitroidea |
Family: | Mitridae |
Subfamily: | Imbricariinae |
Genus: | Swainsonia |
Species: | S. biconica |
Binomial name | |
Swainsonia biconica (Bozzetti, 2011) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Swainsonia biconica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 17.15 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar.
References
- 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Swainsonia biconica (Bozzetti, 2011). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1062438 on 2019-01-04
- Bozzetti L. (2011) Scabricola (Swainsonia) biconica (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Mitridae: Imbricariinae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 70: 13-14
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