Saxicavan.
/sakˈsɪkəvə/ A genus of bivalve boring molluscs; a member of this genus. Also in anglicized form ˈsaxicave n. (rare).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Gastrochaenidae
watering-pot shell1776
water-pot shell?a1813
saxicave1826
rock borer1835
tube-shell1861
flask-shell1868
tubivalve1882
1826 E. Osler in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 iii. 362 The Saxicava does not bore like the Pholas, by a rotatory motion.
1826 E. Osler in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 116 iii. 364 Where the Saxicavæ are numerous, their holes communicate very freely.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 248 The rugose Saxicave [Note Saxicava rugosa].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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