Xenophora conchyliophora

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Xenophora conchyliophora
Xenophora conchyliophora - Fernbank Museum of Natural History - DSC00246.JPG
An apical view of a shell of Xenophora conchyliophora with bivalve valves as attachments
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Xenophoridae
Genus: Xenophora
Species:
X. conchyliophora
Binomial name
Xenophora conchyliophora
(Born, 1780)
Synonyms [1]
  • Astraea lapidifera Röding, 1798
  • Phorus onustus Reeve, 1842
  • Trochus conchyliophorusBorn, 1780
  • Xenophora laevigata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Xenophora meandrinaFischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Xenophora tricostataFischer von Waldheim, 1807
  • Xenophora vulcanicaFischer von Waldheim, 1807

Xenophora conchyliophora is a species of medium-sized to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells. [1]

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Distribution

This is a Western Atlantic species.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length for this species is 72 mm. [2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 635 m. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780) . WoRMS (2010). Xenophora (Xenophora) conchyliophora (Born, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419698 on 9 July 2010 .
  2. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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