''Isara'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Mitroidea. Both the Latin name and the common name a ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Isara'' include: * '' Isara aerumnosa'' (Melvill, 1888) * '' Isara aikeni'' (Lussi, 2009) * '' Isara antillensis'' (Dall, 1889) * '' Isara badia'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Isara beui'' (Thach, 2016) * '' Isara carbonaria'' (Swainson, 1822) * '' Isara chalybeia'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Isara chinensis'' (Gray, 1834) * '' Isara cookii'' (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) * '' Isara cornea'' (Lamarck, 1811) * ''

Isara declivis ''Isara declivis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine ...

'' (Reeve, 1844) * '' Isara gabonensis'' (Biraghi, 1984) * '' Isara glabra'' (Swainson, 1821) * ''

Isara goreensis ''Isara goreensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine ...

'' (Melvill, 1925) * ''

Isara joostei ''Isara joostei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine (o ...

'' (Lussi, 2009) * ''

Isara lenhilli ''Isara lenhilli'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine ...

'' (Petuch, 1988) * ''

Isara midwayensis ''Isara midwayensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marin ...

'' (Kosuge, 1979) * ''

Isara nigra ''Isara nigra'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Isara nigra'' (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.mari ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Isara pele ''Isara pele'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine (ocea ...

'' (Cernohorsky, 1970) * ''

Isara peterclarksoni ''Isara peterclarksoni'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed m ...

'' (Marrow, 2013) * ''

Isara picta ''Isara picta'', common name the brown mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails. Description The ''Isara picta'' is a snail with a cone shaped shell ranging in 20 – 40&nbs ...

'' (Reeve, 1844) * ''

Isara slacksmithae ''Isara slacksmithae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed mar ...

'' (Marrow, 2013) * ''

Isara straminea ''Isara straminea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''

Isara swainsonii ''Isara swainsonii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae Mitridae, known as mitres or mitre shells, are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea snails, widely distributed marine ...

'' (Broderip, 1836) * '' Isara turtoni'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * '' Isara ulala'' (Garcia, 2011)

References

External links

Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst.

Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422

Fedosov A., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Kantor Yu., Oliverio M., Dgebuadze P., Modica M.V. & Bouchet P. (2018). The collapse of Mitra: molecular systematics and morphology of the Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 183(2): 253-337

Cossmann, M. (1899). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Troisième livraison. Paris, The author and Comptoir Géologique. 201 pp., 8 pls
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