personid

plural personids

1. biologyAny member of the family Personidae of molluscs.

   In the personid genus Distorsio, varix formation is accompanied by a reorientation of the aperture.

   1995, Geerat J. Vermeij, A Natural History of Shells, page 31

   2 more examples

   Current research shows the personids to be more similar anatomically to the Ficidae than to the Ranellidae (Beu 1998).

   2010, John Wesley Tunnell, Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, page 183

   The genus name is a good descriptor of the shells of personids, most of which are moderately to severely distorted.

   2014, M. G. Harasewych, The Book of Shells: A Life-Size Guide to Identifying and Classifying Six Hundred Seashells