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MOLLUSK FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of mollusks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mollusk family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mollusk family"):
family Solenidae; Solenidae (razor clams)
family Tridacnidae; Tridacnidae (large marine hard-shell clams)
Cardiidae; family Cardiidae (somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks)
family Ostreidae; Ostreidae (oysters)
family Pteriidae; Pteriidae (pearl oysters)
Anomiidae; family Anomiidae (saddle oysters)
Arcidae; family Arcidae (ark shells)
family Mytilidae; Mytilidae (marine mussels)
family Unionidae; Unionidae (freshwater mussels found worldwide)
family Pectinidae; Pectinidae (scallops)
family Teredinidae; Teredinidae (shipworms)
family Pholadidae; Pholadidae (a family of Bivalvia)
family Nautilidae; Nautilidae (spiral-shelled cephalopods)
family Octopodidae; Octopodidae (a family of Octopoda)
Argonautidae; family Argonautidae (represented solely by the genus Argonauta)
family Sepiidae; Sepiidae (true cuttlefishes)
family Spirulidae; Spirulidae (coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications)
Belemnitidae; family Belemnitidae (family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods)
family Haliotidae; Haliotidae (abalones)
family Strombidae; Strombidae (the family of conchs)
family Helicidae; Helicidae (land snails including the common edible snail and some pests)
family Limacidae; Limacidae (slugs)
family Neritidae; Neritidae (neritids)
Buccinidae; family Buccinidae (whelks)
Cymatiidae; family Cymatiidae (tritons)
family Naticidae; Naticidae (moonshells)
family Littorinidae; Littorinidae (periwinkles)
family Patellidae; Patellidae; family Fissurellidae; Fissurellidae (marine limpets)
Ancylidae; family Ancylidae (freshwater gastropod)
Aplysiidae; family Aplysiidae; family Tethyidae; Tethyidae (sea hares)
Akeridae; family Akeridae (bubble shells)
family Physidae; Physidae (freshwater snails)
Cypraeidae; family Cypraeidae (family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries)
family Myacidae; Myacidae (soft-shell clams)
family Veneridae; Veneridae (hard-shell clams)
Holonyms ("mollusk family" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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