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Xenophora
''Xenophora'', commonly called carrier shells, is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier snails or carrier shells.〔 WoRMS (2012). Xenophora. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138664 on 2012-06-28 〕 The genus ''Xenophora'' is the type genus of the family Xenophoridae. ''Xenophora'' is also the name of the quarterly magazine of the French Conchologist Association.〔Xenophora.org website () accessed 24 April 2014〕 ==Etymology== The name ''Xenophora'' comes from two ancient Greek words, and means "bearing foreigners", so-called because in most species the snail cements pieces of rock or shells to its own shell at regular intervals as the shell grows.〔Xenophora.org website () accessed 24 April 2014〕
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