African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807

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Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807

AphiaID

138664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138664)

Classification

Status

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Rank

Genus

Parent

Xenophoridae Troschel, 1852 (1840)

Original name

Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807

Synonymised names

Xenophora (Xenophora) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 · alternative representation

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Species Xenophora cerea (Reeve, 1845)
Species Xenophora corrugata (Reeve, 1842)
Species Xenophora crispa (König, 1825) †
Species Xenophora mediterranea Tiberi, 1863
Species Xenophora mekranensis (R. B. Newton, 1905) †
Species Xenophora pallidula (Reeve, 1842)
Species Xenophora regularis T. Habe & Okutani, 1983
Species Xenophora senegalensis P. Fischer, 1873
Species Xenophora solarioides (Reeve, 1845)
Species Xenophora calculifera (Reeve, 1842) accepted as Aspidophoreas chinensis chinensis (R. A. Philippi, 1841)
Species Xenophora digitata E. von Martens, 1878 accepted as Ponderiana digitata (E. von Martens, 1878) (original combination)
Species Xenophora granulosa Ponder, 1983 accepted as Xenophora regularis T. Habe & Okutani, 1983
Species Xenophora helvacea R. A. Philippi, 1851 accepted as Onustus indicus (Gmelin, 1791)
Subgenus Xenophora (Xenophora) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 represented as Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
1. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) granulosa Ponder, 1983 accepted as Xenophora regularis T. Habe & Okutani, 1983 (junior subjective synonym)
2. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) cerea (Reeve, 1845) represented as Xenophora cerea (Reeve, 1845)
3. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) corrugata (Reeve, 1842) represented as Xenophora corrugata (Reeve, 1842)
4. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) crispa (König, 1825) † represented as Xenophora crispa (König, 1825) †
5. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) mekranensis (R. B. Newton, 1905) represented as Xenophora mekranensis (R. B. Newton, 1905) †
6. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) pallidula (Reeve, 1842) represented as Xenophora pallidula (Reeve, 1842)
7. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) senegalensis P. Fischer, 1873 represented as Xenophora senegalensis P. Fischer, 1873
8. Species Xenophora (Xenophora) solarioides (Reeve, 1845) represented as Xenophora solarioides (Reeve, 1845)

Environment

marine

Original description

Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): vol. 3 p. 213 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138664 on 2026-06-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138664 on 2026-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-03-17 07:58:39Z

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Wambiji, Nina

2010-04-21 07:04:33Z

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Tran, Bastien

2013-11-06 18:49:26Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2019-07-17 20:02:48Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Fischer von Waldheim, G. (1807). Museum Demidoff, ou, Catalogue systématique et raisonné des curiosités de la nature et de l'art: données à l'Université Impériale de Moscou par son excellence Monsieur Paul de Demidoff. Tome III. Végétaux et Animaux. Moscow: Imprimerie de Université Impériale de Moscou. 300 pp, 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58562487
page(s): vol. 3 p. 213 [details]

basis of record Kreipl K. & Alf A. (1999). Recent Xenophoridae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim > Germany. 148pp. [details]

additional source Ponder, W. F. (1983). A revision of the Recent Xenophoridae of the World and of the Australian fossil species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Australian Museum Memoir. 17: 1-126., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Ponder-1983-Aust-Mus-Mem-17-1126/ [details] Available for editors

additional source Manganelli G., Spadini V. & Cianfanelli S. (2004 ["2003"]). The xenophorid gastropods of the Mediterranean Pliocene: the record of the Siena Basin. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 43(3): 409-451., available online at http://paleoitalia.org/archives/file/bollettino-spi/199 [details] Available for editors

additional source Feinstein, N. & Cairns, S. D. (1998). Learning from the collector: A survey of azooxanthellate corals affixed by Xenophora (Gastropoda: Xenophoridae), with an analysis and discussion of attachment patterns. The Nautilus. 112(3): 73-83, figs. 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8272593 [details] Available for editors

additional source Lyman, F. B. (1936). My discovery and observation of the living Xenophora in Florida waters. The Nautilus. 49(4): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8527786 [details]

subsequent type designation Harris, G. F. (1897). Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part I. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London: British Museum (Natural History). xxvi + 406 pp., 6 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8400599 [details]

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