Swainsonia ocellata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Swainsonia |
Species: | S. ocellata
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Binomial name | |
Swainsonia ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
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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]
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.
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Madagascar