Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A division of pectinibranchiate gastropodous mollusks, with shells having the mouth entire, and not notched or prolonged into a siphon: opposed to Siphonostomata.
  • In Infusoria, same as Pantostomata.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.

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