WoRMS taxon details
Swainsonia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
204082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204082)
accepted
Genus
Mitra fissurata Lamarck, 1811 accepted as Swainsonia fissurata (Lamarck, 1811) (type by typification of replaced name)
Cylindra (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Mitrella Swainson, 1831 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Mitrella Risso, 1826 [Columbellidae]; Swainsonia is a replacement name
Scabricola (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted
- Species Swainsonia casta (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Swainsonia ekerae (Cernohorsky, 1973)
- Species Swainsonia fissurata (Lamarck, 1811)
- Species Swainsonia fusca (Swainson, 1824)
- Species Swainsonia limata (Reeve, 1845)
- Species Swainsonia newcombii (Pease, 1869)
- Species Swainsonia ocellata (Swainson, 1831)
- Species Swainsonia sublevigata (Bozzetti, 2016)
- Species Swainsonia albina (A. Adams, 1853) accepted as Scabricola albina (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Swainsonia bicolor (Swainson, 1824) accepted as Scabricola bicolor (Swainson, 1824)
- Species Swainsonia biconica (Bozzetti, 2011) accepted as Swainsonia ocellata (Swainson, 1831) (suspected synonym)
- Species Swainsonia cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971) accepted as Imbricaria cloveri (Cernohorsky, 1971)
- Species Swainsonia incisa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) accepted as Scabricola incisa (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Species Swainsonia mariae (A. Adams, 1853) accepted as Scabricola mariae (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Swainsonia millepunctata (Schepman, 1911) accepted as Swainsonia schepmani (R. Salisbury & E. Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003) accepted as Cancilla schepmani (R. Salisbury & E. Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003) (homonym)
- Species Swainsonia olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821) accepted as Scabricola olivaeformis (Swainson, 1821)
- Species Swainsonia schepmani (R. Salisbury & E. Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003) accepted as Cancilla schepmani (R. Salisbury & E. Guillot de Suduiraut, 2003) (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Cylindra (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Swainsonia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204082 on 2026-05-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Mitrella Swainson, 1831) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
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original description (of Cylindra (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
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basis of record Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/183/2/253/25046972/zlx073.pdf [details] Available for editors
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page(s): pl. 54 [details]
original description (of Cylindra (Swainsonia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 180 [details]
basis of record Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of <i>Mitra</i>: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 183(2): 253-337., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/183/2/253/25046972/zlx073.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
