melanian
English edit
Etymology edit
From the obsolete genus Melania.
Noun edit
melanian (plural melanians)
- (malacology, obsolete) One of a family of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell (Melaniidae), which is now considered a synonym for the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families.
References edit
- “melanian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.