Isara cornea Miter Snail

Isara cornea is commonly referred to as Miter Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

17365 

AphiaID:

1063831 

Scientific:

Isara cornea 

German:

Mitraschnecke 

English:

Miter Snail 

Category:

Ślimaki 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Mitridae (Family) > Isara (Genus) > cornea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1811 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Algeria, Angola, Azores, European Coasts, France, Greece, Malta, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Coralline soils, coral quarry, Gravel soil, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Under rocks 

Size:

0.79" - 1.57" (2,2cm - 4,0cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Isara cornea
  Mitraschnecke

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2025-04-13 20:17:47 

Last edit:

2025-04-13 20:31:29 

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