Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
prosobranchiate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Prosobranchiata.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology One of the Prosobranchiata.
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Examples
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I had to decide whether to include Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say, 1817) (a land prosobranch) and Fossaria obrussa (Say, 1825) (a freshwater pulmonate).
What is a terrestrial animal? AYDIN 2008
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However, it has just two tentacles not four – although some Orthurethra seem to have only two, and it does seem to have the snout of a prosobranch.
Assiminea succinea AYDIN 2008
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If you have a photo that shows both the operculum and the eyes on stalks, that would convince the skeptics like me that here is a very unusual prosobranch!
Assiminea succinea AYDIN 2008
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And if so, then you might change the focus of your blog post to highlight this unusual prosobranch with eyestalks.
Assiminea succinea AYDIN 2008
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I wondered if you confused a stylommatophoran with a prosobranch.
Assiminea succinea AYDIN 2008
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There's also the tiny freshwater snails Glacidorbis spp., which was formerly thought to be a prosobranch.
An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia occulta AYDIN 2006
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This latter characteristic makes them look more like the marine prosobranch snails.
Archive 2006-08-01 AYDIN 2006
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Foester has tentatively interpreted Tullimonstrum gregarium as a prosobranch gastropod Conway Morris 1976.
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D'Asaro CN (1991) Gunnar Thorson's world-wide collection of prosobranch egg capsules:
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