NERITID

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell

Synonyms:

neritid; neritid gastropod

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("neritid" is a kind of...):

seasnail (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neritid"):

nerita (a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum)

bleeding tooth; Nerita peloronta (gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area)

neritina (ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters)

Holonyms ("neritid" is a member of...):

family Neritidae; Neritidae (neritids)