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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...
- 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...
- detorsion (unwinding of the viscera that were twisted during torsion). The Pulmonata comprises about 20000 species, includes the majority of land snails and...
- evolution, and thus the category "slug" is polyphyletic. Of the six orders of Pulmonata, two – the Onchidiacea and Soleolifera – solely comprise slugs. A third...
- Pleistocene survival within the Alps: the case of Cylindrus obtusus (Pulmonata: Helicidae)". BMC Evol Biol. 17 (1): 138. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..138K...
- Pantetrapulmonata when the extinct trigonotarbid arachnids are included. The name "Pulmonata" has been used for this group as recently as 2000, in the first paragraph...
- History of the Subgenus Poecilozonites (Poecilozonites) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Bermuda: An Evolutionary Microcosm (1967) Doctoral advisors R. L....