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