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Xenophora

Quaterly Magazine of the French Conchologist Association

Xenophora solaris Linné, 1767
Picture coming from Japanese BISYOGAI Shell site.

Welcome in this section dedicated to our quaterly magazine Xenophora.

You will find in this section :

A summary of the last issues with cover pictures ;
Archives to be downloaded for N°1 to N°92.
A General Index of Species quoted in the magazine between Issue #1 and #118 (during 25 years)

Our magazine's name comes from the main genus of a Gastropod Family called Xenophorids.
Through the few pictures present on this webpage, you will have an insight of this family, present in all tropical seas and composed of around 25 species.
Their common name is "carrier shells" because Xenophorids are unusual in that in many of the species the animal cements small stones or shells or even... bottle cap (it has already been observed) to the edge of the shell as it grows, thus the shells of those species are sometimes humorously referred to as "shell-collecting shells". The genus name Xenophora comes from two ancient Greek words and means "bearing (or carrying) foreigners".


Xenophora conchyliophora Born, 1780 Picture coming from Brazilian website Conquiliologistas do Brasil	Xenophora pallidula Reeve, 1842 carrying a coral block bigger than it