Xenophora

Xenophora

See also: xenophora

Translingual

Xenophora pallidula

Etymology

xeno- +‎ -phora

Coined in 1807 by Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim from ξένος (xénos, “strange/foreign or stranger/foreigner/guest”) + φορά (phorá, “carrying or burden”): they attach foreign objects to their shells, including other shells.

Proper noun

Xenophora f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Xenophoridae – some of the carrier shells.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Sorbeoconcha - order; Hypsogastropoda - suborder; Littorinimorpha - infraorder; Xenophoroidea - superfamily; Xenophoridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Xenophora conchyliophora (American carriersnail - type species); Xenophora cerea, Xenophora chinensis, Xenophora corrugata, Xenophora crispa, Xenophora flindersi, Xenophora granulosa, Xenophora indica, Xenophora japonica, Xenophora mekranensis, Xenophora minuta, Xenophora neozelanica (New Zealand carriershell), Xenophora pallidula (pallid carrier shell), Xenophora peroniana, Xenophora robusta, Xenophora senegalensis, Xenophora solarioides, Xenophora tenuis (species)

References

• Xenophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Xenophoridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Xenophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons