# melanian

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. One of a family (Melaniidae) of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks with a turret-shaped shell, now considered a synonym of the family Thiaridae, but also containing many species since reclassified into other families.

## Etymology
From the obsolete genus Melania.

## Source
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