mudaliaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

mudalia (plural mudalia or mudalias)

1. Any of several species of freshwater snails, included in the genus Leptoxis.
   • 1996, Richard L. Hoffman, “Occurrence of the Costate Riversnail, Oxytrema catenaria (Say), in Virginia (Gastropodad: Pleuroceridae)”, in Banisteria, number 7:

     In many places, it co-exists with a local form of Mudalia, in those cases showing a somewhat greater tendency to occur on the sandy stream bed than on rocks, which the mudalia seems to prefer.

   • 2002, J. Reese Voshell, A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America, page 216:

     Common names for various kinds in this family include elimias, hornsnails, mudalias, and rocksnails.