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MOLLUSK GENUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of mollusks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mollusk genus" is a kind of...):
genus ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mollusk genus"):
Cardium; genus Cardium (type genus of the family Cardiidae: cockles)
genus Ostrea; Ostrea (type genus of the family Ostreidae)
Crassostrea; genus Crassostrea (Virginia oysters)
genus Pinctada; Pinctada (pearl oysters)
Anomia; genus Anomia (type genus of the family Anomiidae: saddle oysters)
genus Placuna; Placuna (windowpane oysters)
Arca; genus Arca (type genus of the family Arcidae: ark shells and blood clams)
genus Mytilus; Mytilus (type genus of the family Mytilidae: smooth-shelled marine mussels)
genus Unio; Unio (type genus of the family Unionidae)
Anodonta; genus Anodonta (thin-shelled freshwater mussels)
Dreissena; genus Dreissena (zebra mussels)
genus Pecten (type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops)
genus Teredo (type genus of the family Teredinidae)
Bankia; genus Bankia (giant shipworms)
genus Pholas; Pholas (type genus of the family Pholadidae: piddocks)
genus Nautilus (type genus and sole recent representative of the family Nautilidae)
genus Octopus (type genus of the family Octopodidae)
Argonauta; genus Argonauta (type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus)
genus Loligo (squids)
genus Ommastrephes (a genus of Decapoda)
genus Sepia; Sepia (type genus of the Sepiidae)
genus Spirula (genus of small cephalopods with many-chambered spiral shells resembling those of the extinct belemnites)
genus Haliotis; Haliotis (type genus of the family Haliotidae)
genus Lambis; Lambis (scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere)
genus Strombus; Strombus (type genus of the family Strombidae)
genus Helix; Helix (type genus of the family Helicidae)
genus Limax; Limax (a genus of Limacidae)
genus Nerita (type genus of the Neritidae)
genus Neritina (a genus of Neritidae)
genus Littorina; Littorina (type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles)
genus Patella; Patella (type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets)
Fissurella; genus Fissurella (type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets)
Ancylus; genus Ancylus (type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet)
Aplysia; genus Aplysia; genus Tethus; Tethys (type genus of the family Aplysiidae)
genus Hermissenda; Hermissenda (genus of marine sea slugs)
genus Haminoea; Haminoea (common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America)
genus Physa (type genus of the Physidae; freshwater air-breathing snails)
Cypraea; genus Cypraea (type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries)
genus Chiton (a genus of Polyplacophora)
genus Mya; Mya (type genus of the family Myacidae)
genus Venus; Venus (type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells)
genus Mercenaria; Mercenaria (a genus of Veneridae)
Ensis; genus Ensis (razor clams)
genus Tridacna; Tridacna (type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams)
Holonyms ("mollusk genus" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
