MOLLUSK GENUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mollusk genus mean? 

• MOLLUSK GENUS (noun)
  The noun MOLLUSK GENUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of mollusks

  Familiarity information: MOLLUSK GENUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLLUSK GENUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of mollusks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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"):

genus Pecten (type genus of the family Pectinidae: sea and bay scallops)

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 Tridacna; Tridacna (type genus of the family Tridacnidae: giant clams)

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)

Ancylus; genus Ancylus (type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet)

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)

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)

Holonyms ("mollusk genus" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)