personid

English

Noun

personid (plural personids)

(zoology) Any member of the family Personidae of molluscs.
- 1995, Geerat J. Vermeij, A Natural History of Shells‎, page 31:
  In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.
- 2010, John Wesley Tunnell, Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells‎, page 183:
  Current research shows the personids to be more similar anatomically to the Ficidae than to the Ranellidae (Beu 1998).
- 2014, M. G. Harasewych, The Book of Shells: A Life-Size Guide to Identifying and Classifying Six Hundred Seashells‎:
  The genus name is a good descriptor of the shells of personids, most of which are moderately to severely distorted.

Anagrams

disponer, poinders, prisoned

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