Abyssochrysoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Abyssochrysoid is a noun meaning Any sea snail of the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.
Meaning
Any sea snail of the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.
Example Sentences
Two seep faunas are distinguished in Barbados: the late Eocene mudstone-hosted ‘Joes River fauna’ consists mainly of large lucinid bivalves and tall abyssochrysoid gastropods, and the early Miocene carbonate-hosted ‘Bath Cliffs fauna’ containing the vesicomyid Pleurophopsis, the mytilid Bathymodiolus and small gastropods.
Word Forms
- abyssochrysoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include abyssochrysid, anabathrid, apogastropod, acochlidian, seraphsid, aplysia.
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