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cervicobranchia

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A suborder of heteroglossate scutibranchiate gastropods, with lamellar gills in a single row on the side of the gill-cavity at the back of the neck, and the shell conical and symmetrical. It was framed by Gray for the families Tecturidæ, Lepetidæ, and Gadiniidæ.

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