Xenophoridae

Xenophoridae
Xenophora pallidula, a carrier shell
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Xenophoroidea
Family: Xenophoridae
Troschel, 1852 (1840)
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Phoridae Gray, 1840
  • Onustidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Xenophoridae, commonly called carrier shells, is a family of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.

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