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abyssochrysoid

abyssochrysoid noun: any sea snail of the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.

Noun

abyssochrysoid (plural abyssochrysoids)

  1. Any sea snail of the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.
    • Two seep faunas are distinguished in Barbados: the late Eocene mudstone-hosted ‘Joes River fauna’ consists mainly of large lucinid bivalves and tall abyssochrysoid gastropods, and the early Miocene carbonate-hosted ‘Bath Cliffs fauna’ containing the vesicomyid Pleurophopsis, the mytilid...2015 October 16, “Cenozoic Methane-Seep Faunas of the Caribbean Region”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of abyssochrysoid

pluralabyssochrysoids

Questions about abyssochrysoid

What does abyssochrysoid mean?
Abyssochrysoid means any sea snail of the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.
What part of speech is abyssochrysoid?
Abyssochrysoid is a noun.
What is the plural of abyssochrysoid?
The plural of abyssochrysoid is abyssochrysoids.

Words near abyssochrysoid in the dictionary

  1. Abyssins
  2. abysslike
  3. abyssobenthic
  4. abyssochrysid
  5. abyssochrysids
  6. abyssochrysoid
  7. abyssochrysoids
  8. abyssolith
  9. abyssolithic
  10. abyssoliths
  11. abyssomicin

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