Isara picta, common name the brown mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Isara |
Species: | I. picta
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Binomial name | |
Isara picta (Reeve, 1844)
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Synonyms | |
Mitra picta Reeve, 1844 |
Description
editThe Isara picta is a snail with a cone shaped shell ranging in 20 – 40 mm in length. The color of the shell can range from deep brown to a light tan.
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ Isara picta (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
External links
edit- Isara picta, gastropods.com