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Isara carbonaria
Scientific classification
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

Isara carbonaria is a medium-large species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the mitre snails or mitre shells.

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Australia and New Zealand.

References

1. Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
2. 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

• 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

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