Pulmonata
/ˌpʌlməˈneɪtə
/plural noun 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.
- 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.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Latin pulmo, pulmon- 'lung'.
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