
Photo credit: (c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Peter Crowcroft · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Isara badia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Isara badia”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 52 records
- February: 24 records
- March: 27 records
- April: 23 records
- May: 14 records
- June: 11 records
- July: 15 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 25 records
- October: 20 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 23 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 36 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–23 °C
Photos

(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tim · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Mitra (Mitra) badia, Mitra badia
Similar species




Lettered MitreStrigatella litterata
- Episcopal miter
Mitra mitra
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 287 open-data records from 1867 to 2014.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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