Definition of Pulmonata in English:
Pulmonata
plural nounˌpʌlməˈneɪtəpəl-
Zoology A group of molluscs which includes the land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails. They have a modified mantle cavity which acts as a lung for breathing air.
Subclass Pulmonata, class Gastropoda
Example sentencesExamples
- In the traditional classification system, the class Gastropoda has been divided into three subclasses, Prosobranchia, Pulmonata, and Opisthobranchia.
- Haszprunar and Bandel suggested a subdivision of the Heterostropha into the Allogastropoda and Euthyneura, with the Euthyneura including the Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata.
- The latter group includes radically modified animals, the Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata, which undergo detorsion and essentially re-evolve bilateral symmetry.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Latin pulmo, pulmon- 'lung'.