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Xenophora indica (Gmelin, 1791) Description: Shell of large size and low elevation for family; whorls slightly rounded. Whorl surface with irregular curved growth ridges, with small foreign objects attached to only first few whorls. Base strongly concave in overall shape, formed by wide peripheral flange and nearly flat basal whorl, concave towards outer margin. Umbilicus wide and deep. Colour yellowish-white to pale orange-brown, columellar and lip callus white. Operculum corneous. Size: Up to 40 mm high, 84 mm wide. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific; in eastern Australia, as far south as Yamba, NSW. Habitat: Known from 4-150 m. Uncommon in NSW. Comparison: See X. peroniana. Synonymy: Xenophora helvaceus Philippi, 1852 Figs. 1,2,3: Off Tin Can Bay, Queensland in 50 fathoms (91 m) (DLB4165) |
