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.

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