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.^[1]

Subspecies

• Swainsonia newcombii irisae (Le Béon, 2014)
• Swainsonia newcombii newcombii (Pease, 1869)

Swainsonia newcombii
Shell of Swainsonia newcombii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Subfamily:	Imbricariinae
Genus:	Swainsonia
Species:	S. newcombii
Binomial name
Swainsonia newcombii (Pease, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra newcombii Pease, 1869 (original combination) Scabricola (Swainsonia) newcombii (Pease, 1869) Scabricola newcombii (Pease, 1869)

Description

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

Distribution

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