Biology:Swainsonia cloveri

Swainsonia cloveri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Swainsonia
Species:	S. cloveri
Binomial name
	Swainsonia cloveri; (Cernohorsky, 1971)
Synonyms
	Cancilla (Ziba) cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (basionym); Cancilla cloveri Cernohorsky, 1971 (original combination); Ziba cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971);

Swainsonia cloveri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 35 mm.

This marine species occurs off the Philippines , Japan and the Solomon Islands

↑ Bouchet, P. (2017). Swainsonia cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934752 on 2017-06-22

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.

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