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Gastropoda: : Xenophoroidea: Xenophoridae

Xenophora conchyliophora (Born, 1780)


Range: 35°N to 42°S; 94.5°W to 28.87°W
Depth: 0 to 635 m (live 0 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 72  mm

Synonymy

Onustus trochiformis auct. non Born, 1778
Turbo trochiformis auct. non Born, 1778
Astraea conchyliophora (Born, 1780) 
Trochus conchyliophorus Born, 1780
Trochus onustus Lightfoot, 1786
Astraea corallophora Röding, 1798
Astraea lapidifera Röding, 1798
Trochus lithophorus Blumenbach, 1803
Trochus agglutinans auct. non Lamarck, 1804
Phorus agglutinans auct. non Lamarck, 1804
Xenophora laevigata G. Fischer, 1807
Xenophora mecandrina G. Fischer, 1807
Xenophora tricostata G. Fischer, 1807
Xenophora vulcanica G. Fischer, 1807
Phorus corrugatus auct. non Reeve, 1842
Phorus onustus Reeve, 1842
Xenophora robusta A. E. Verrill, 1870

Details


Trochus conchyliophorus Born, 1780, p. 333, pl. 12, fig. 21-22
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: oceano Americano
Range: 35°N to 42°S; 94.5°W to 28.87°W
Depth: 0 to 635 m (live 0 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 72 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Los Testigos; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Eleuthera, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Camaguey, Holguin; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Amapa, Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia
References: Dautzenberg (1900); Odé (1982b) {W}; Ponder (1983b); Leal (1991b) E; HMNS W; Fernández Milera (1998); Vegas Torres (2004); García (2007b)
Comments: On the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, ICZN Opinion 715.
Combining Genera:  Astraea

Phorus agglutinans auct. non Lamarck, 1804, 
[Not available]
References: Ponder (1983b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Montfort (1810) and Lamarck (1822); Trochus agglutinans Lamarck, 1804 is from the Eocene of France.
Combining Genera:  Trochus

Astraea corallophora Röding, 1798, p. 80, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Ponder (1983b) s
Comments: Ponder (1983b) called this a nude name, but it is based on the entry for Trochus conchyliophorus in Gmelin (1791).

Phorus corrugatus auct. non Reeve, 1842, 
[Not available]
Range: 24.7°N ; 81.3°W
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Calkins (1878) NSEW; Ponder (1983b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Calkins (1878); Watson (1886); X. corrugatus is Indo-Pacific.

Xenophora laevigata G. Fischer, 1807, p. 213
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Ponder (1983b) s

Astraea lapidifera Röding, 1798, p. 80, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 172, figs. 1688-1689 {as 1769}]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Ponder (1983b) s
Comments: Misspelled as lapadifera by Sherborn (1902).

Trochus lithophorus Blumenbach, 1803, 
[Synonym]
References: Ponder (1983b) s

Xenophora mecandrina G. Fischer, 1807, p. 214, [Ivanov et al. 1993, pl. 5, figs. 4-6]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 47 mm
References: Ponder (1983b) s; Ivanov & Cantor (1991) sTM

Phorus onustus Reeve, 1842b, p. 160, pl. 214, fig. 3, pl. 215, fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [West Indies (Reeve 1843e:161)]
References: Ponder (1983b) s

Trochus onustus Lightfoot, 1786, p. 4, 91, 100, 156, 163, 169, 177, [Favanne, pl. 12, figs. C1-2]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Guadeloupe; West Indies; China
Distribution: Guadeloupe
References: Rehder (1967) s
Comments: Lot numbers 31, 2024, 2189, 3413, 3554, 3659, 3817 in Lightfoot (1786).

Xenophora robusta A. E. Verrill, 1870b, p. 226
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Near La Paz, Gulf of California
References: Ponder (1983b) s

Xenophora tricostata G. Fischer, 1807, p. 213, [Ivanov et al. 1993, pl. 5, figs. 1-3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 53 mm
References: Ponder (1983b) s; Ivanov & Cantor (1991) MT

Turbo trochiformis auct. non Born, 1778, 
[Not available]
Range: 23°N to 14.5°N; 83°W to 61°W
Depth: 3 m
Distribution: Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Havana Province, Matanzas, Camaguey; Dominican Republic; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix, Tortola; Guadeloupe, Martinique
References: Mörch (1877b) dSE; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) NW; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s
Comments: Misidentification by Born (1780: 333); T. trochiformis is a Trochita.
Combining Genera:  Onustus

Xenophora vulcanica G. Fischer, 1807, p. 213
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Ponder (1983b) s


Partial List of References

Born, I. 1780. Testacea Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis  xxxvi + 442 + [17] pp., 18 pls. Joannis Pauli Kraus: Vindobonae.
Fischer, G. 1807. Museum Demidoff Museum Demidoff 3 [iv] + ix + 330 pp., 6 pls. Université imperiale: Moscou. [True date: post 30 Dec.]
Reeve, L. 1842. Conchologia systematica Conchologia Systematica 2 ii + 339 pp., pls. 130-300. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: London.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]
Verrill, A. E. 1870. Contributions to Zoölogy from the museum of Yale College. No. VI.--Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California American Journal of Science and Arts (2)49 217-227.
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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