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.