Tropicorbis
noun
Trop·i·cor·bis
ˌträpəˈkȯrbə̇s
: a genus of New World freshwater snails (family Planorbidae) of medical importance as hosts of the schistosome (Schistosoma mansoni) in endemic focuses in North and South America
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from tropicus tropical (from Latin, of a turning of the sun) + Latin orbis ring, circle