Biology:Mitra carbonacea

Mitra carbonacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Mitridae
Genus:	Mitra (gastropod)
Subgenus:	Sohlia
Species:	M. carbonacea
Binomial name
Mitra carbonacea (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms
Imbricaria carbonacea Hinds, 1844 Mitra citrina Reeve, L.A., 1844 Mitra rollandi Bernardi, A.C., 1853 Mitra (Sohlia) carbonacea (Hinds, 1844) · accepted, alternate representation

Mitra carbonacea, common name carbon imbricaria, 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 varies between 17 mm and 32 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Africa (Mauritania, Cape Verde Islands) and Angola to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Imbricaria carbonacea

Wikidata ☰ Q6882002 entry