Swainsonia fissurata (Lamarck 1811)

Swainsonia fissurata, common name : the reticulate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 21 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and the Mascarene Basin.

References

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Cernohorsky W. O. (1991). The Mitridae of the world (Part 2). Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4. page(s): 126
• 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.