Swainsonia casta
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| image =Zoological Illustrations Volume I Plate 48.jpg
| image_caption =Plate 48. Mitra casta. Chesnut-banded Mitre. Modern accepted name (2012) is Scabricola casta
| taxon = Swainsonia casta
| authority = (Gmelin, 1791)
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| synonyms =
- Mitra matronalis Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
- Mitra laevis Adams, A., 1853
- Scabricola (Swainsonia) casta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Scabricola casta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
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Swainsonia casta, common name the chaste mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia casta. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934812 on 2017-06-21
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 55 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off East Africa to Japan; off Pitcairn and Polynesia
References
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- Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp. 330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=6|id=3486|title=Scabricola (Swainsonia) casta|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1791
Category:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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