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.

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