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GENUS FISSURELLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
Synonyms:
Fissurella; genus Fissurella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Fissurella" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Fissurella"):
Diodora apertura; Fissurella apertura; keyhole limpet (marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex)
Holonyms ("genus Fissurella" is a member of...):
family Fissurellidae; Fissurellidae (marine limpets)