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Definition of Genus Fissurella
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets.
Exact synonyms: Fissurella
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Fissurellidae, Fissurellidae
Member holonyms: Diodora Apertura, Fissurella Apertura, Keyhole Limpet
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Fissurellidae, Fissurellidae
Member holonyms: Diodora Apertura, Fissurella Apertura, Keyhole Limpet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Fissurella
Literary usage of Genus Fissurella
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 (1836)
"Genus, Fissurella. The Fissurella, which Cuvier places among the ... Like that
genus, Fissurella is littoral, and has been found at ..."
2. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"The genus Fissurella sometimes has the basal margin raised at the ends and the
inner margin may be smooth, but on the other hand, and again according to ..."
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