Biology:Mitra carbonaria

Mitra carbonaria
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 rhodia Reeve, 1844 Mitra digna A. Adams, 1853 Mitra maoria Finlay, 1927 Vicimitra contermina Iredale, 1936 Mitra sinusigera Laseron, 1951

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

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