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Isara nigra

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Species of gastropod

Isara nigra
Shell of Isara nigra (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Mitroidea
Family: Mitridae
Subfamily: Isarinae
Genus: Isara
Species: I. nigra
Binomial name
Isara nigra
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Mitra nigra (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta nigra Gmelin, 1791

Isara nigra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Isara nigra (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1063869 on 2019-01-04
  • Quoy, H. E. Th. & Gaimard, P., 1833 Mollusques. Zoologie. In Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, vol. 2(2), p. 321-686

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Taxon identifiers
Isara nigra

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