Aspergillum

See also: aspergillum

Translingual

Proper noun

Aspergillum n

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Penicillidae – watering-pot shells, certain boring lamellibranch mollusks, in which the shell has the form of an elongated cone, terminating at the lower end in a disc, pierced by numerous small tubular holes, now in several genera Brechites, Verpa, Foegia, Dianadema, Humpreya, and Nipponoclava.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Pholadomyida - order; Penicillidae - family

See also

• Aspergillus

References

• Aspergillum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bivalvia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aspergillum at World Register of Marine Species
• “Aspergillum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.