Personid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Personid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any member of the family Personidae of molluscs.
Meaning
(zoology) Any member of the family Personidae of molluscs.
Example Sentences
In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.
The genus name is a good descriptor of the shells of personids, most of which are moderately to severely distorted.
Current research shows the personids to be more similar anatomically to the Ficidae than to the Ranellidae (Beu 1998).
Word Forms
- personids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include processid, myid, photid, pharid, idiosepiid, partulid.
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