Swainsonia newcombii
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
Binomial name
Swainsonia newcombii (Pease, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra newcombii Pease, 1869 (original combination) Scabricola (Swainsonia) newcombii (Pease, 1869) Scabricola newcombii (Pease, 1869)

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]

Subspecies

• Swainsonia newcombii irisae (Le Béon, 2014)
• Swainsonia newcombii newcombii (Pease, 1869)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 41 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, Midway, New Caledonia and Tanzania.