Pulmonata

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plural noun

Pul·mo·na·ta

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: a very large order of Gastropoda (subclass Euthyneura) comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails that are distinguished by lacking gills which are usually replaced by a lung or respiratory sac formed by the modification of the mantle cavity and communicating with the exterior by a contractile orifice capable of being entirely closed in which blood vessels line the walls and by having no true operculum and a nervous system that is concentrated and not twisted see basommatophora, stylommatophora

Pulmonata

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taxonomic synonym of pneumobranchia

Pulmonata

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taxonomic synonym of pulmonaria:2