Definition of Family Naticidae

1. Noun. Moonshells.

Exact synonyms: Naticidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Member holonyms: Moon Shell, Moonshell

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Naticidae

family Myliobatidae
family Mylodontidae
family Myricaceae
family Myristicaceae
family Myrmecophagidae
family Myrmeleontidae
family Myrsinaceae
family Myrtaceae
family Mysidae
family Mytilidae
family Myxinidae
family Myxobacteriaceae
family Myxophyceae
family Naiadaceae
family Najadaceae
family Naticidae (current term)
family Nautilidae
family Nepenthaceae
family Nephropsidae
family Nepidae
family Neritidae
family Nidulariaceae
family Nitrobacteriaceae
family Noctuidae
family Nostocaceae
family Notonectidae
family Notoryctidae
family Nummulitidae
family Nyctaginaceae
family Nymphaeaceae

Literary usage of Family Naticidae

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

1. Report on the Turton Collection of South African Marine Mollusks: With by Paul Bartsch (1915)
"... USNM, three young specimens from the same locality (Coll. 1040). Family NATICIDAE. Genus NATICA Scopoli. ..."

2. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"Outside Distribution.—Monmouth Formation. Navesink marl. Xew Jersey. Selma Chalk. Wilcox County, Alabama; east-central Mississippi. Family NATICIDAE Genus ..."

3. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"Outside Distribution.—Monmouth Formation. Navesink marl, New Jersey. Selma Chalk. Wilcox County, Alabama; east-central Mississippi. Family NATICIDAE Genus ..."

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