Swainsonia newcombii

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.

• Swainsonia newcombii irisae <small>(Le Béon, 2014</small>)
• Swainsonia newcombii newcombii <small>(Pease, 1869)</small>

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

• Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2008). Mitridae. pp.&nbsp;330–417, in: G.T. Poppe (ed.), Philippine marine mollusks, volume 2. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 848 pp.
• Le Beon R., 2014, 2013. - Revision of the taxon Scabricola newcombii (Pease, 1869). Description of a new taxon: Scabricola newcombii irisae n. ssp. from New Caledonia and the Philippines. Xenophora Taxonomy 2: 30-33

External links

• Pease W. H. (1869). Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 5: 64-79
• 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