Xenophora
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Xenophora, commonly called carrier shells, is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier snails or carrier shells.[2] The genus Xenophora is the type genus of the family Xenophoridae.
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Xenophora | |
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A ventral view of a shell of Xenophora pallidula, with attached gastropod shells | |
A lateral view of the same shell | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Xenophoridae |
Genus: | Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807[1] |
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