Entomostomata
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?] (“cut into”) + [Term?] (“mouth”), coined by Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville
Proper noun
Entomostomata
- (obsolete) A group of siphonobranchiate gastropods, having the lip of the shell notched, the members of which are now included in subclass Caenogastropoda.
Hyponyms
- (gastropods): Buccinidae, Muricidae, Harpidae, Terebridae, Cancellariidae (now in order Neogastropoda); Doliidae (now Tonnidae), Cassididae (now Cassidae) (now in order Littorinimorpha); Cerithiidae, Planaxidae (Caenogastropoda incertae sedis)
References
- Entomostomata in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911