mollusk family

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Noun

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mollusk family - a family of mollusks animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals family Haliotidae, Haliotidae - abalones family Strombidae, Strombidae - the family of conchs family Helicidae, Helicidae - land snails including the common edible snail and some pests family Limacidae, Limacidae - slugs family Neritidae, Neritidae - neritids Buccinidae, family Buccinidae - whelks Cymatiidae, family Cymatiidae - tritons family Naticidae, Naticidae - moonshells family Littorinidae, Littorinidae - periwinkles family Patellidae, Patellidae - marine limpets family Fissurellidae, Fissurellidae - marine limpets Ancylidae, family Ancylidae - freshwater gastropod Aplysiidae, family Aplysiidae, family Tethyidae, Tethyidae - sea hares Akeridae, family Akeridae - bubble shells family Physidae, Physidae - freshwater snails Cypraeidae, family Cypraeidae - family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries family Myacidae, Myacidae - soft-shell clams family Veneridae, Veneridae - hard-shell clams family Solenidae, Solenidae - razor clams family Tridacnidae, Tridacnidae - large marine hard-shell clams Cardiidae, family Cardiidae - somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks family Ostreidae, Ostreidae - oysters family Pteriidae, Pteriidae - pearl oysters Anomiidae, family Anomiidae - saddle oysters Arcidae, family Arcidae - ark shells family Mytilidae, Mytilidae - marine mussels family Unionidae, Unionidae - freshwater mussels found worldwide family Pectinidae, Pectinidae - scallops family Teredinidae, Teredinidae - shipworms family Pholadidae, Pholadidae - a family of Bivalvia family Nautilidae, Nautilidae - spiral-shelled cephalopods family Octopodidae, Octopodidae - a family of Octopoda Argonautidae, family Argonautidae - represented solely by the genus Argonauta family Sepiidae, Sepiidae - true cuttlefishes family Spirulidae, Spirulidae - coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classifications Belemnitidae, family Belemnitidae - family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopods family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"