pomatiopsis

pomatiopsis
\\pōˌmad.ēˈäpsə̇s\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pōmatias, a snail with a shell furnished with a lid (from pōmat-, pōma lid) + New Latin -opsis — more at pomacentridae
: an American genus comprising amphibious pulmonate snails that include intermediate hosts of the lung fluke (Paragonimus westermanii) and other trematodes and being placed in the family Bulimidae or made type of a separate family

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