Ethalia

Translingual

Two views of a shell of Ethalia sanguinea

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ethalia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochidae – top snails.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Vetigastropoda - subclass; Trochida - order; Trochoidea - superfamily; Trochidae - family; Umboniinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ethalia guamensis - type species; for other species see Ethalia at World Register of Marine Species

Derived terms

• Ethaliella

See also

• Umbonium

References

• Ethalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trochidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ethalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ethalia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ethalia at World Register of Marine Species

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aethalia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ (Aitháleia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.taˈli.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

Proper noun

Ethalia f

1. (obsolete) Synonym of Chio (“an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea”)