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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MITRIDAE: ISARINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Mitridae (Family)
> Isarinae (Subfamily)
> Isara (Genus)
> carbonaria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra (Eumitra) maoria Finlay, 1926
=Mitra (Mitra) carbonaria Swainson, 1822
=Mitra abbreviata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874
=Mitra carbonaria Swainson, 1822
=Mitra maoria Finlay, 1926
=Mitra nigra Reeve, 1844
=Mitra perksi Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
=Mitra rhodia Reeve, 1845
=Mitra sinusigera Laseron, 1951
=Vicimitra contermina Iredale, 1936
=Volutomitra digna A. Adams, 1855
Images: Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822)
Dredged off Little Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 73mm. © rights reserved
Off Ngunguru, Whangarei, NZ. 51mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Mitra maoria Finlay, 1926, collected pre 1926, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70481). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MITRIDAE: ISARINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Mitroidea (Superfamily)
> Mitridae (Family)
> Isarinae (Subfamily)
> Isara (Genus)
> carbonaria (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra (Eumitra) maoria Finlay, 1926
=Mitra (Mitra) carbonaria Swainson, 1822
=Mitra abbreviata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874
=Mitra carbonaria Swainson, 1822
=Mitra maoria Finlay, 1926
=Mitra nigra Reeve, 1844
=Mitra perksi Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
=Mitra rhodia Reeve, 1845
=Mitra sinusigera Laseron, 1951
=Vicimitra contermina Iredale, 1936
=Volutomitra digna A. Adams, 1855
Details: Isara carbonaria (Swainson, 1822)
Size/Grows to:
Height 77mm, Width 23mm
Distribution:
Southern Australia and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, and North Island as far south as Titahi Bay, from 0-103m
Type Data:
  • Omanu Beach, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype of Mitra maoria Finlay, 1926)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Feeds on Sipunculida (Peanut Worms)
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2005 Mitra carbonaria, Cookia, 17 (p.24)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.216)
  • Hole, D.M. Oct/1978 Notes from Mr. Richard Willan's talk on Mitra and Volutomitra, Poirieria, 9(6) (p.111)
  • Gardner, N.W. Sep/1966 Vicimitra maoria Finlay, Poirieria, 3(4-5) (p.58)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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