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]

Isara carbonaria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Isara
Species:
I. carbonaria
Binomial name
Isara carbonaria
(Swainson, 1822)
Synonyms

Mitra carbonaria Swainson, 1822
Mitra nigra Reeve, 1844
Mitra rhodia Reeve, 1844
Mitra digna A. Adams, 1853
Mitra maoria Finlay, 1927
Vicimitra contermina Iredale, 1936
Mitra sinusigera Laseron, 1951

Description

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A dark, slim species with an acuminated spire slightly exceeding the aperture in length.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

References

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  • 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