mollusk family

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mollusk family - a family of mollusks animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animalsfamily Haliotidae, Haliotidae - abalonesfamily Strombidae, Strombidae - the family of conchsfamily Helicidae, Helicidae - land snails including the common edible snail and some pestsfamily Limacidae, Limacidae - slugsfamily Neritidae, Neritidae - neritidsBuccinidae, family Buccinidae - whelksCymatiidae, family Cymatiidae - tritonsfamily Naticidae, Naticidae - moonshellsfamily Littorinidae, Littorinidae - periwinklesfamily Patellidae, Patellidae - marine limpetsfamily Fissurellidae, Fissurellidae - marine limpetsAncylidae, family Ancylidae - freshwater gastropodAplysiidae, family Aplysiidae, family Tethyidae, Tethyidae - sea haresAkeridae, family Akeridae - bubble shellsfamily Physidae, Physidae - freshwater snailsCypraeidae, family Cypraeidae - family of marine gastropods comprising the cowriesfamily Myacidae, Myacidae - soft-shell clamsfamily Veneridae, Veneridae - hard-shell clamsfamily Solenidae, Solenidae - razor clamsfamily Tridacnidae, Tridacnidae - large marine hard-shell clamsCardiidae, family Cardiidae - somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusksfamily Ostreidae, Ostreidae - oystersfamily Pteriidae, Pteriidae - pearl oystersAnomiidae, family Anomiidae - saddle oystersArcidae, family Arcidae - ark shellsfamily Mytilidae, Mytilidae - marine musselsfamily Unionidae, Unionidae - freshwater mussels found worldwidefamily Pectinidae, Pectinidae - scallopsfamily Teredinidae, Teredinidae - shipwormsfamily Pholadidae, Pholadidae - a family of Bivalviafamily Nautilidae, Nautilidae - spiral-shelled cephalopodsfamily Octopodidae, Octopodidae - a family of OctopodaArgonautidae, family Argonautidae - represented solely by the genus Argonautafamily Sepiidae, Sepiidae - true cuttlefishesfamily Spirulidae, Spirulidae - coextensive with the genus Spirula; included in the order Belemnoidea in some older classificationsBelemnitidae, family Belemnitidae - family of extinct Mesozoic cephalopodsfamily - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"