mollusk family

/ˌmɑləsk ˌfæm(ə)li/

Definitions of mollusk family

1. noun

   a family of mollusks
   types:

   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

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera