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An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.

Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate.

Same as Pulmonata.

Same as Pulmonate.

A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiæ in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris.

To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

Scutibranchiate. -- n.

Same as Scutibranchiata.

One of the Scutibranchiata.

An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.

Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. -- n.

An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related families.

A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.

siphon, or siphons, to convey water to the gills; belonging or pertaining to the Siphonobranchiata. -- n.

Situated above the branchiæ; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.

ll, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.

One of the Tectibranchiata. Also used adjectively.

Same as Tectibranchiata.

An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples.

Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata. -- n.