Neopilina

noun

Neo·​pilina

¦nē(ˌ)ō+

: a genus of primitive segmented mollusks that have conical shells, are believed to have existed from the Cambrian on, and are of uncertain systematic position often being isolated in a distinct class

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ne- + Pilina, genus of mollusks

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