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mollusk family

DEFINITIONS OF: mollusk family

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n a family of mollusks

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