neritid
English Thesaurus
1. operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | seasnail, |
definition | : | any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | nerita, |
definition | : | a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | bleeding tooth, nerita peloronta, |
definition | : | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | neritina, |
definition | : | ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters (noun.animal) |
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