Mitra carbonaria
Mitra carbonaria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Mitridae |
Genus: | Mitra |
Species: | M. carbonaria |
Binomial name | |
Mitra carbonaria Swainson, 1822 | |
Synonyms | |
Mitra nigra Reeve, 1844 |
Mitra carbonaria is a medium-large species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the miter snails or miter shells. This species occurs in Australia and New Zealand.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1