prosobranchiateadj.n.
/ˌprɒsə(ʊ)ˈbraŋkɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌprɑsəˈbrɑŋkiᵻt/; see also branchiate adj. Zoology.
A. adj.
= prosobranch adj.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > of superorder Branchifera > belonging to order Prosobranchiata
prosobranchiate1853
streptoneurous1883
prosobranch1886
1853 T. H. Huxley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 143 37 The heart..lies parallel to the rectum, with the auricle forwards at the base of the mantle-cavity, and the animal is therefore prosobranchiate.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 508 Nearly related forms are sometimes opisthobranchiate, sometimes prosobranchiate.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 517/1 Actaeon is prosobranchiate.
1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life xi. 612 The prosobranchiate head projects forward from under the mantle, equipped with a pair of nonretractile tentacles bearing eyes.
1994 Parasitol. Res. 80 192 Confusion in the identification of larval stages from pulmonate snails and the prosobranchiate genus Bithynia..are briefly discussed.
B. n.
= prosobranch n. rare.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > member of
prosobranch1851
prosobranchiate1880
1880 G. W. Tryon Man. Conchol. II. 6 An external shell..is common to all the prosobranchiates.
1935 Amer. Midland Naturalist 16 908 Representative groups of fresh water prosobranchiates.
1950 Q. Rev. Biol. 25 153/2 The possession of a crystalline style..characterizes herbivorous molluscs, as indeed the majority of other freshwater prosobranchiates have proved to be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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