Isara carbonaria
(Redirected from Mitra carbonaria)
| Isara carbonaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Isara |
| Species: | I. carbonaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mitra carbonaria Swainson, 1822 | |
Isara carbonaria is a medium-large species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the mitre snails or mitre shells.[1]
Description
[edit]A dark, slim species with an acuminated spire slightly exceeding the aperture in length.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Australia and New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
- ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
External links
[edit]- Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Cernohorsky, W. O. (1976). The Mitridae of the World. Part I. The subfamily Mitrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3(17): 273-528