Xenophora conchyliophora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Xenophoroidea |
Family: | Xenophoridae |
Genus: | Xenophora |
Subgenus: | Xenophora |
Species: | X. conchyliophora |
Binomial name | |
Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780) |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Astraea lapidifera Röding, 1798 |
Xenophora conchyliophora is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.[1]
Contents |
The maximum recorded shell length is 72 mm.[2]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 635 m.[2]