Xenophora cerea Rough Carrier Shell

Xenophora cerea is commonly referred to as Rough Carrier Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

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Scientific:: Xenophora cerea
German:: Raue Lastträgerschnecke
English:: Rough Carrier Shell

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Xenophoridae (Family) > Xenophora (Genus) > cerea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Reeve, ), 1845

Occurrence:: Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands
Sea depth:: - 20 Meter
Size:: 1.57" - 3.15" (4,0cm - 8,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Detritus
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Xenophora cerea
Raue Lastträgerschnecke
Xenophora conchyliophora
Xenophora corrugata
Xenophora crispa
Xenophora flindersi
Xenophora granulosa
Xenophora japonica
Xenophora mekranensis
Xenophora minuta
Xenophora neozelanica
Xenophora pallidula
Xenophora peroniana
Xenophora senegalensis
Xenophora solarioides
Xenophora tenuis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-04-10 20:43:53
Last edit:: 2021-04-10 20:46:44

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Xenophora cerea (Reeve, 1845)

Xenophora cerea is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier shells.

This species has a very dark undersides and apertures, and most of the objects they had incorporated into their shells were small rocks.

Synonymised names:
Phorus cereus Reeve, 1845 (original combination)
Xenophora (Xenophora) cerea (Reeve, 1845)· accepted, alternate representation
Xenophora torrida Kuroda & Ito, 1961 (synonym)

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gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 10.04.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 10.04.2021.

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