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Definition of Physidae
1. Noun. Freshwater snails.
Exact synonyms: Family Physidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Order Pulmonata, Pulmonata
Member holonyms: Genus Physa
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Order Pulmonata, Pulmonata
Member holonyms: Genus Physa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Physidae
Literary usage of Physidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"Physidae. — Mantle more or less reflected over the shell (radula, Fig. 141c, p.
235); shell sinistral, lustrous. Jurassic . ..."
2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... Key to the genera of Physidae here described: Oi Margin of mantle digitate 1.
PHYSA a, Margin of mantle simple 2. ..."
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