Aspergillum
See also: aspergillum
Translingual
Proper noun
Aspergillum n
- (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
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.
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