Search for crossword answers and clues

Answer for the clue "Type genus of the family Fissurellidae keyhole limpets ", 10 letters:
fissurella

Word definitions for fissurella in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fissurella is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails or limpets , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) Any of the genus (taxlink Fissurella genus) of marine gastropod mollusks.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fissurella \Fis`su*rel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a fissure.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also keyhole limpet .