Zool. Also erron. Lymn-. [mod.L., ad. Gr. λιμναία, fem. of λιμναῖος, f. λίμνη pool, marsh.] A genus of the family Limnæidæ or pond-snails, typical of the sub-family Limnæinæ; a pond-snail of this genus. Hence Limnæan, a gasteropod of the genus Limnæa; Limnæid (also limneid), a gasteropod of the family Limnæidæ; a pond-snail; Limnæine a., pertaining to the sub-family Limnæinæ (Cent. Dict.).
1834. McMurtrie, Cuvier’s Anim. Kingd., III. 38. Having a shell very similar to that of a Lymnæa.
1851. Woodward, Mollusca, 11. The air-breathing limneids live in fresh water. Ibid. (1856), III. 361. The Litorinæ and Limnæans are found living together.
