Isara carbonaria

About this species

Isara carbonaria is a medium-large species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mitridae, the mitre snails or mitre shells.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 29 records
February: 22 records
March: 35 records
April: 26 records
May: 26 records
June: 12 records
July: 18 records
August: 17 records
September: 25 records
October: 40 records
November: 33 records
December: 15 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–65 m · Deepest record: 74.5 m

0–10 m: 5 records
10–20 m: 1 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–23 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 84 records
16–18 °C: 35 records
18–20 °C: 31 records
20–22 °C: 123 records
22–24 °C: 3 records

Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by wild_wind · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Gary Williams, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Sofia Zvolanek, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Mitra (Eumitra) maoria, Mitra (Mitra) carbonaria, Mitra abbreviata, Mitra carbonaria, Mitra maoria, Mitra nigra, Mitra sinusigera, Vicimitra contermina, Volutomitra digna

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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).
505 open-data records from 1864 to 2011.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.