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Definition of PULMONATA

Pulmonata
Pulmonata Pul`mo*na"ta, n. pl. [NL., from L. pulmo, -onis, a lung.] (Zo["o]l.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limn[ae]a and Planorbis.

Meaning of PULMONATA from wikipedia

- Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe...
- study of the ultrastructure and mineralogy of calcified land snail eggs (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)" (PDF). Journal of Morphology. 150 (4): 861–887. doi:10...
- detorsion (unwinding of the viscera that were twisted during torsion). The Pulmonata includes the majority of land snails and slugs, many freshwater snails...
- Gymnomorpha (no s****) Prosobranchia (gills in front of the heart). Pulmonata (with a lung instead of gills) The taxonomy of the Gastropoda is still...
- Cladobranchia Clade Euarminida Clade Dendronotida Clade Aeolidida Informal group Pulmonata Informal group Basommatophora Clade Eupulmonata Clade Systellommatophora...
- land snails Cantareus aspersus and C. mazzullii (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Micron. 36 (4): 351–7. doi:10.1016/j.micron.2004.12.010. PMID 15857774...
- Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca class: Gastropoda Subclass: Pulmonata Order: Stylommatophora Family: Helicarionidae Subfamily: Durgellinae Tribe:...
- "Amanica n. gen., a new genus of Helicidae (Helicinae) from Turkey". Pulmonata, Stylommatophora, Helicoidea: Systematics with comments. Harxheim: ConchBooks...
- "Anatomy and Systematics of the Neotropical Strophocheiloidea (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) with the description of a new family". Arquivos de Zoologia. 23 (5):...
- History of the Subgenus Poecilozonites (Poecilozonites) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Bermuda: An Evolutionary Microcosm (1967) Doctoral advisors R. L....