Swainsonia
Swainsonia fissurata shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Imbricariinae
Genus: Swainsonia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853[1]
Type species
Mitra fissurata
Lamarck, 1811
Synonyms
  • Cylindra (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Mitrella Swainson, 1831 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitrella Risso, 1826 [Columbellidae]; Swainsonia is a replacement name)
  • Scabricola (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

Swainsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Imbricariinae of the family Mitridae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Swainsonia include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ Adams (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 180.
  2. ^ a b Swainsonia. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ Swainsonia fissurata Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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