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Xenophoridae

Synonyms: Onustidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Xenophoridae, commonly called carrier shells, is a family of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Xenophoridae has no subfamilies.
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Genus

Acanthoxenophora (1)
Aspidophoreas (9)
Onustus (8)
Ponderiana (6)
Stellaria (2)
Xenophora (Atlantic carrier snail) (46)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0