A taxonomic family of large carnivorous sea snails, including the genus Fasciolaria and related genera.
From Fasciolaria + -idae (Latin family-level taxonomic suffix, meaning 'descendants of'). Follows Linnaean taxonomic naming conventions.
The '-idae' suffix in taxonomy literally means 'children of'—so Fasciolariidae means 'all the snails related to Fasciolaria,' and the same suffix applies to any animal family (Canidae = dog family).
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