Pomatiopsis
noun
Po·mat·i·op·sis
pōˌmatēˈäpsə̇s
: an American genus comprising amphibious pulmonate snails that include intermediate hosts of the lung fluke (Paragonimus westermanii) and other trematodes and being placed in the family Bulimidae or made type of a separate family
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek pōmatias, a snail with a shell furnished with a lid (from pōmat-, pōma lid) + New Latin -opsis