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Definition of Solenidae
1. Noun. Razor clams.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Myaceae, Order Myaceae
Member holonyms: Ensis, Genus Ensis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solenidae
Literary usage of Solenidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Key to the genera of Solenidae here described: o, Margins parallel 1. ENSIS a,
Margins not parallel; shell elliptical. bl Pallial sinus short 2. ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Solenidae.—Elongated burrowing forms; foot cylindrical, elongated, a spoon-shaped
projection for the ligament on each each end. ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"60 On the anatomy of certain species of Solenidae. J. Malac., London, 12,
1905, (78-85, with pi.). [2207 2231]. ..."
4. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"... formed between the pedal and branchial apertures, and therefore within the
region of the second fusion. This disposition may be seen in some Solenidae, ..."