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Definition of Family Ancylidae
1. Noun. Freshwater gastropod.
Exact synonyms: Ancylidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Member holonyms: Ancylus, Genus Ancylus
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Member holonyms: Ancylus, Genus Ancylus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Ancylidae
Literary usage of Family Ancylidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Age of the Earth and Other Geological Studies by William Johnson Sollas (1908)
"... a number of the family Ancylidae, is found in the Laramie beds or uppermost
Cretaceous of North America. * Suess cites Planorbis from the coal measures ..."