Strombidae

plural noun

Strom·​bi·​dae

-mbəˌdē

: a family of large marine gastropod mollusks (suborder Taenioglossa) comprising numerous chiefly tropical conchs see strombus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Strombus, type genus + -idae

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