A mollusc of warm seas which camouflages itself by cementing shell fragments and pebbles to its shell.
Family Xenophoridae, class Gastropoda: Xenophora and other genera
Example sentencesExamples
- Right, a similar carrier shell shows numerous small shells cemented in place around the edges of each whorl.
- Later I found myself in a veritable colony of carrier shells, Xenophora conchyliophora, each sporting a little green garden on its back.
- They are bivalves and really cool carrier shells.
- We marvel at the internal intricacy of a well-decorated carrier shell and its adornments.
- In this case, it is assumed the sponge does the attaching rather than the carrier shell, although this is by no means certain.