Xenophora (zen of or a)

[NL. (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807), also Xenophorus (Philippi, 1847), IMG:content-2638.jpg:[merged small][graphic] Xenophora pallidula , lower view, reduced. called from their carrying foreign objects attached to the shell. Formerly also called Pho rus a name too near the prior Phora in entomology). See also cut under carrier -shell. Xenophoridæ (zen-o-for'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., II. n. Any member of this family. I. a.