Isara carbonaria
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| 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
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Isara carbonaria is a medium-large species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the mitre snails or mitre shells.{{WRMS species|1063804|Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822)||12 December 2018}}
Description
A dark, slim species with an acuminated spire slightly exceeding the aperture in length.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15936976 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]
Distribution
This species occurs in Australia and New Zealand.
References
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External links
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937231 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}}
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175322 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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Category:Gastropods of Australia
Category:Gastropods of New Zealand
Category:Fauna of Western Australia
Category:Gastropods described in 1822
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