Swainsonia newcombii | |
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Shell of Swainsonia newcombii (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Subfamily: | Imbricariinae |
Genus: | Swainsonia |
Species: | S. newcombii
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Binomial name | |
Swainsonia newcombii (Pease, 1869)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Swainsonia newcombii , common name Newcomb's mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 41 mm.
This marine species occurs off Hawaii, Midway, New Caledonia and Tanzania.