Swainsonia

Swainsonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Imbricariinae of the family Mitridae.

Species

Species within the genus Swainsonia include:

• Swainsonia biconica <small>(Bozzetti, 2011)</small>
• Swainsonia casta <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
• Swainsonia ekerae <small>(Cernohorsky, 1973)</small>
• Swainsonia fissurata <small>Lamarck</small>
• Swainsonia fusca <small>(Swainson, 1824)</small>
• Swainsonia limata <small>(Reeve, 1845)</small>
• Swainsonia newcombii <small>(Pease, 1869)</small>
• Swainsonia ocellata <small>(Swainson, 1831)</small>

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

References

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

External links

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.
• Swainson W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30
• Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337