Translingual

Two views of a shell of Ethalia sanguinea

Proper noun

Ethalia f

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

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

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

See also

• Umbonium

Derived terms

• Ethaliella

Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ethalia ?

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