Definition of Family Solenidae

1. Noun. Razor clams.

Exact synonyms: Solenidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Myaceae, Order Myaceae
Member holonyms: Ensis, Genus Ensis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Solenidae

family Secotiaceae
family Selaginellaceae
family Sepiidae
family Septobasidiaceae
family Serranidae
family Sialidae
family Sillaginidae
family Siluridae
family Simaroubaceae
family Simuliidae
family Sirenidae
family Sisyridae
family Sittidae
family Solanaceae
family Soleidae
family Solenidae (current term)
family Soricidae
family Spalacidae
family Sparganiaceae
family Sparidae
family Sphaeriaceae
family Sphaerobolaceae
family Sphaerocarpaceae
family Sphecidae
family Spheniscidae
family Sphingidae
family Sphyraenidae
family Sphyrnidae
family Spirillaceae
family Spirochaetaceae

Literary usage of Family Solenidae

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

1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1839)
"(tt) Shell without accessory pieces, and gaping at the lateral extremities only. family Solenidae. Solen. ..."

2. New English Canaan Text & Notes by Jack Dempsey (2001)
"... A bivalve mollusk of the genus Solen or family Solenidae, with a shell long and narrow like the handle of a ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1903)
"... up to the time of his dealing with the matter it had been usually referred to as Barnea similis, Gray. Family SOLENIDAE. Genus Solen, Linnaeus, 1757. ..."

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