Heterobranchia

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Heterobranchia

Many mollusks
1. A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Orthogastropoda.
2. A taxonomic subclass within the class Gastropoda.[1]

Hypernyms

(subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class

Hyponyms

(superorder): Triganglionata, Opisthobranchia, Pulmonata - orders
(subclass): Acochilidoidea, Anaspidea, Cephalaspidia, Gymnosomata, Hygrophila, Nudibranchia, Pleurobranchomorpha, Runcinacea, Sacoglossa, Stylommatophora, Thecosomata, Umbraculida - orders

References

Heterobranchia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Heterobranchia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Heterobranchia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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