Definition of Ancylidae

1. Noun. Freshwater gastropod.

Exact synonyms: Family Ancylidae
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Member holonyms: Ancylus, Genus Ancylus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ancylidae

Anchorage
Anchusa capensis
Anchusa officinalis
Anchusa riparia
Ancien Régime
Ancient Church of the East
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek
Ancient Macedonian
Ancient Rome
Ancistrodon
Ancoats
Ancohuma
Ancona
Ancylidae (current term)
Ancylostoma braziliense
Ancylostoma caninum
Ancylostoma ceylanicum
Ancylostoma duodenale
Ancylostomatidae
Ancylus
Ancylus fluviatilis
Andai
Andalucia
Andalusi Arabic
Andalusia
Andalusian
Andalusian Arabic
Andalusians

Literary usage of Ancylidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1906)
"Ancylidae, Menke. Shell conical, not spirally coiled; tentacles short and compressed ; inferior pallial lobe ..."

2. The Age of the Earth and Other Geological Studies by William Johnson Sollas (1908)
"... a number of the family Ancylidae, is found in the Laramie beds or uppermost Cretaceous of North America. * Suess cites Planorbis from the coal measures ..."

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