Dear Bill and colleagues
    I have seen a X. conchyliophora attached to a living Terebra taurina.
The specimens is in private collection of Luiz Trinchão, collected in
Salvador (Bahia, Brazil).
    By the way, I am looking for preserved specimens of X. conchyliophora
collected in Pacific waters for a comparative morphological study.
    Best wishes
    Luiz
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Luiz Ricardo L. Simone, Ph. D.
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo
Cx. Postal 42594
04299-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 11:26 PM
Subject: Xenophora


> I recently had the opportunity to examine a large number of
> Xenophora conchyliophora and it would appear that one specimen
> had attached a live bivalve to its shell.  This was a veteran X. specimen
> - nearly 95 mm. in length.
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> I was curious if anyone else had seen evidence that these carriers
> had selected a living specimen for attachment.  Not to be outdone,
> the same specimen also had some other unusual attachments.
>
> Photos will soon appear on the JacksonvilleShell Club web pages.....
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> Bill Frank
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> Jacksonville, FL 32246
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