FAMILY LITTORINIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Periwinkles

Synonyms:

family Littorinidae; Littorinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Littorinidae" is a kind of...):

mollusk family (a family of mollusks)

Meronyms (members of "family Littorinidae"):

genus Littorina; Littorina (type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles)

Holonyms ("family Littorinidae" is a member of...):

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)