Zonitidae

plural noun

Zo·​nit·​i·​dae

zōˈnitəˌdē

: a family of small terrestrial snails (suborder Stylommatophora) having a thin depressed shell with sharp peristome

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Zonites, type genus + -idae

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