Definition of Family Fissurellidae

1. Noun. Marine limpets.

Exact synonyms: Fissurellidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Member holonyms: Fissurella, Genus Fissurella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Fissurellidae

family Eriocaulaceae
family Erysiphaceae
family Erythroxylaceae
family Eschrichtiidae
family Esocidae
family Euglenaceae
family Euphorbiaceae
family Eurylaimidae
family Exocoetidae
family Fabaceae
family Fagaceae
family Falconidae
family Fasciolidae
family Felidae
family Filariidae
family Fissurellidae (current term)
family Fistulariidae
family Fistulinaceae
family Flacourtiaceae
family Forficulidae
family Formicariidae
family Formicidae
family Fouquieriaceae
family Fregatidae
family Fringillidae
family Fucaceae
family Fulgoridae
family Fumariaceae
family Funkaceae
family Furnariidae

Literary usage of Family Fissurellidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedingsby Zoological Society of London by Zoological Society of London (1851)
"... belonging to the family Fissurellidae 221 A Monograph of the Genus ... belonging to the family Fissurellidae 227 Descriptions of Sixteen New Species of ..."

2. A Monograph of the Molluscan Fauna of the Orthaulax Pugnax Zone of the by William Healey Dall (1915)
"SXM, one specimen from the same locality (Coll. Xo. 1035). Family FISSURELLIDAE. Genus FISSURELLA Bruguiere. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1902)
"Conch., vol. xii., p. 68. Hab.— Off Rhyll, Western Port. Family FISSURELLIDAE. Genus Fissure I 1 a, Bruguiere, 1789. FISSURELLA OMICRON, Crosse and Fischer. ..."

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