Family XENOPHORIDAE Troschel, 1852 (1840)

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Regional Maps

• Xenophoracea Troschel, F.H. 1852. Bericht über die Leistungen im Gebiete in der Naturgeschichte der Mollusken während des Jahres 1851. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 18(2): 257–307 [280] [Family name with two dates as per Art. 40(2) of ICZN. Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807, is a senior synonym of Phorus Montfort, 1810; Xenophoridae is in prevailing usage and, under Art. 40.2, it must be conserved and takes the precedence of Phoridae (Bouchet et al. 2017)].

  Type genus:

   Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807.
• Phoridae Gray, J.E. 1840. Shells of molluscous animals. pp. 105-152 in Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London : British Museum. [a 2nd printing, dated 4 November 1840, listed "Shells of molluscous animals" with the pp. 106-156] [119] [junior homonym; junior homonym of Phoridae Curtis, 1833, based on Phora Latreille, 1796 [Diptera]].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.P., Hausdorf, B., Kaim, A., Kano, Y., Nützel, A., Parkhaev, P., Schrödl, M. & Strong, E.E. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1–526 [264]

Introduction

Subtropical and tropical seas.

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [253]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [49]

Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. 1999. Recent Xenophoridae. Hackenheim : ConchBooks 148 pp.

Morton, J.E. 1949. The adaptations of Xenophora, the carrier shells. New Zealand Science Review 7(10): 188-189 [188]

Ponder, W.F. 1983. A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the world and of the Australian fossil species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Memoirs of the Australian Museum 17: 1-126

Ponder, W.F. & de Keyzer, R.G. 1998. Superfamily Xenophoroidea. pp. 775-778 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [776-778]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [167]

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