WoRMS taxon details
Xenophora robusta A. E. Verrill, 1870
575690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:575690)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1870). Contributions to Zoölogy from the Museum of Yale College. No. VI. Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 2, 49: 217-227., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36445743
page(s): 226 [details]
page(s): 226 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xenophora robusta A. E. Verrill, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575690 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A. E. (1870). Contributions to Zoölogy from the Museum of Yale College. No. VI. Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 2, 49: 217-227., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36445743
page(s): 226 [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
page(s): 226 [details]
basis of record Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru. ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Ponder, W. F. (1983). A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the World and of the Australian fossil species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Australian Museum Memoir.</em> 17: 1-126., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1983-Aust-Mus-Mem-17-1126/
note: treated as synonym of X. conchyliophora [details] Available for editors
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status source Kreipl, K. & Lorenz, F. (2023). <i>Carrier shells. Garbage collectors of the oceans. A portrait of the gastropod family Xenophoridae</i>. Molluscan Science, volume 4. 96 pp.
page(s): 24, 46-47; note: treated as valid [details]
note: treated as synonym of X. conchyliophora [details] Available for editors

status source Kreipl, K. & Lorenz, F. (2023). <i>Carrier shells. Garbage collectors of the oceans. A portrait of the gastropod family Xenophoridae</i>. Molluscan Science, volume 4. 96 pp.
page(s): 24, 46-47; note: treated as valid [details]