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nerineoideans

nerineoideans is the plural of nerineoidean.

Meaning of nerineoidean

Noun

nerineoidean (plural nerineoideans)

  1. Any of the superfamily †Nerineoidea of extinct sea snails.
    • The Late Mesozoic (Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous) could represent a peak in planktic productivity as indicated by the evolution of very large deposit-feeding nerineoidean gastropods which reached lengths of 50 cm beginning in the Late Jurassic [70], and by a size maximum in suspension-feeding...2016 January 16, “Gigantism and Its Implications for the History of Life”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about nerineoideans

What is nerineoideans the plural of?
Nerineoideans is the plural of nerineoidean.

Words near nerineoideans in the dictionary

  1. nerineid
  2. nerineids
  3. nerinellid
  4. nerinellids
  5. nerineoidean
  6. nerineoideans
  7. nerines
  8. Neringa
  9. Neringla
  10. Nerio
  11. neriolin

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