Xenophora palaeoafra Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983 (carrier shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae

Full reference: E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta. 1983. I molluschi del Paleocene di Baixa Chinhauanine nel bacino del Rio Massintonto (Maputo - Mozambico). Geologica Romana 22:85-145

Belongs to Xenophora according to E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta 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 pallidula, Xenophora paulinae, Xenophora robusta, Xenophora rugata, Xenophora senegalensis, Xenophora simiensis, Xenophora stocki, Xenophora tatei, Xenophora terpstrai, Xenophora textilina, Xenophora willisi, Xenophora zitteli

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xenophora palaeoafra in the database

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