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