Strophomenidae
plural noun
Stroph·o·men·i·dae
-ˈmenəˌdē
: a family of Ordovician to Permian brachiopods that are usually isolated in a distinct superfamily or suborder of Telotremata but are sometimes placed in a separate order see strophomena
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Strophomena, type genus + -idae