Swainsonia ocellata

Swainsonia ocellata , common name the eyed mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.^[1]

Swainsonia ocellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Swainsonia
Species:	S. ocellata
Binomial name
Swainsonia ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
Synonyms
Mitra ocellata Swainson, 1831 (original combination) Scabricola (Swainsonia) ocellata (Swainson, 1831) Scabricola (Swainsonia) ocellata ocellata (Swainson, 1831) Scabricola ocellata (Swainson, 1831) Swainsonia mariae (A. Adams, 1853) Swainsonia ocellata f. mariae (A. Adams, 1853)

Subspecies

• Swainsonia ocellata ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
• Swainsonia ocellata sublevigata (Bozzetti, 2016)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 34 mm. The shell is roughly spindle-shaped, white towards the apex and brown towards the base, with striations and a row of reddish spots.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Madagascar