Xenophora conchiliophora (Born, 1780).

Harry


At 10:49 PM 2/14/00 -0500, you wrote:
>As Andrew Rindsberg indicated, the suffix -phora (and its masculine
>counterpart -phorus) means "bearer of".  Armed with that knowledge, it should
>be a snap to figure out the meanings of genus names like:
>Xenophora
>Triphora
>Cyclophorus
>Tropidophora
>Geophorus
>Conophora
>Rhabdotophorus
>Traumatophorus
>Bactronophorus
>Chlamydephorus
>Cricophorus
>Plaxiphora
>Lecithophorus
>Lirophora
>Not to mention species names like:
>Galeodea echinophora
>Katelysia rhytiphora
>Crassostrea rhizophora
>QUIZ QUESTION: Name a species which has this suffix on BOTH its genus name
>AND its specific name.
>Have Fun!
>Paul M.
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