Taxonomy > Xenophoridae > Xenophora
Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780)
- Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 468 [as Xenophora robusta]
- Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 168 [as Xenophora robusta]
- Ponder (1983) A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the World and of the Australian Fossil Species (Mollusca : Gastropoda). - p. 19
- Skoglund (2002) Panamic province molluscan literature: additions and changes from 1971 through 2000. III Gastropoda. - p. 74
- Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 212
- Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 64
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Statistics
| Frequency | rare
- 6 localities (3.05 %) |
| Sediment | 53 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) |
Size and comments
Up to 164mm in its largest diameter according to the literature; beach finds are about 50mm in diameter (without attached material). Beach finds are poorly preserved (first image), but occasionally sold in souvenir shops (second image).
Images
Larger diameter 52.3mm.
Larger diameter 74.8mm.
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Taxonomy > Xenophoridae > Xenophora
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