Swainsonia

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Swainsonia fissurata 01.JPG

| image_caption = Swainsonia fissurata shells

| taxon = Swainsonia

| authority = H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853Adams (1853). Gen. Moll. 1: 180.

| type_species = Mitra fissurata

| type_species_authority = Lamarck, 1811

| synonyms_ref =

| 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 molluscs in the subfamily Imbricariinae of the family Mitridae.{{WRMS species|204082|Swainsonia ||14 December 2018}}

Species

Species within the genus Swainsonia include:

;Species brought into synonymy:

  • Swainsonia albina (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Scabricola albina (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Swainsonia bicolor (Swainson, 1824): synonym of Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
  • Swainsonia cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971): synonym of Imbricaria cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971)
  • Swainsonia incisa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850): synonym of Scabricola incisa (A. Adams & Reeve, 185o)
  • Swainsonia mariae (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Scabricola mariae (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Swainsonia millepunctata (Schepman, 1911) : synonym of Cancilla schepmani (Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003)
  • Swainsonia olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Scabricola olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
  • Swainsonia schepmani (Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003): synonym of Cancilla schepmani (Salisbury & Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003)

References

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  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4.