Xenophora willisi Webster 1983 (carrier shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae

Full reference: M. L. Webster. 1983. New Species of Xenophora and Anchura (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Cretaceous of Baja California Norte, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):1090-1097

Belongs to Xenophora according to M. L. Webster 1983

Sister taxa: Xenophora (Xenophora), Xenophora agglutinans, Xenophora calculifera, Xenophora carditigera, Xenophora conchyliophora, Xenophora corrugata, Xenophora crispa, Xenophora cummulans, Xenophora delecta, Xenophora deshayesi, Xenophora eocenica, Xenophora floridana, Xenophora hawleyi, Xenophora humilis, Xenophora konai, Xenophora onusta, Xenophora palaeoafra, Xenophora pallidula, Xenophora paulinae, Xenophora robusta, Xenophora rugata, Xenophora senegalensis, Xenophora simiensis, Xenophora stocki, Xenophora tatei, Xenophora terpstrai, Xenophora textilina, Xenophora zitteli

Type specimen: LACMIP 6453, a partial shell. Its type locality is LACMIP 2852, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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