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Definition of Mollusk genus
1. Noun. A genus of mollusks.
Specialized synonyms: Genus Haliotis, Haliotis, Genus Lambis, Lambis, Genus Strombus, Strombus, Genus Helix, Helix, Genus Limax, Limax, Genus Nerita, Genus Neritina, Genus Littorina, Littorina, Genus Patella, Patella, Fissurella, Genus Fissurella, Ancylus, Genus Ancylus, Aplysia, Genus Aplysia, Genus Tethus, Tethys, Genus Hermissenda, Hermissenda, Genus Haminoea, Haminoea, Genus Physa, Cypraea, Genus Cypraea, Genus Chiton, Genus Mya, Mya, Genus Venus, Venus, Genus Mercenaria, Mercenaria, Ensis, Genus Ensis, Genus Tridacna, Tridacna, Cardium, Genus Cardium, Genus Ostrea, Ostrea, Crassostrea, Genus Crassostrea, Genus Pinctada, Pinctada, Anomia, Genus Anomia, Genus Placuna, Placuna, Arca, Genus Arca, Genus Mytilus, Mytilus, Genus Unio, Unio, Anodonta, Genus Anodonta, Dreissena, Genus Dreissena, Genus Pecten, Genus Teredo, Bankia, Genus Bankia, Genus Pholas, Pholas, Genus Nautilus, Genus Octopus, Argonauta, Genus Argonauta, Genus Loligo, Genus Ommastrephes, Genus Sepia, Sepia, Genus Spirula
Generic synonyms: Genus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mollusk Genus
Literary usage of Mollusk genus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1868)
"... mollusk (genus Gah'ina from the Kattegat) ; also he was not fortunate enough
to find females. lie thinks the genus may bo better placed with the G ..."
2. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"... bivalve shell of the edible mollusk (genus ostrea) in that it is often
symmetrically ribbed, sometimes as large as a disc 15 or more inches in diameter, ..."
3. The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of by Thomas Belt (1874)
"... there is reason to suppose that since the glacial period there has been a
great variation in the species of the fresh-water mollusk genus Melania, ..."
4. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1919)
"Proceedings of the United States National Museum, volume XXXIV, pages 35-.
On the revision of the mollusk genus ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1909)
"US Nat. Mus., Proc., vol. 34, pp. 35-64, 3 pis., 1908. 1164. On the revision of
the mollusk genus ..."
6. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1906)
"A paper entitled " Revision of the mollusk genus Pteri- nea " was published in
April by the United States National Museum preliminary to the publication of ..."
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