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Subclass Amphineura (Noun)

Meaning

A class of Gastropoda.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Examples

  • The subclass Amphineura is a smaller class within the larger class of Gastropoda that includes snails and slugs with certain distinct shell characteristics.
  • This subclass includes several species of sea slugs that have somewhat more flexible shells than those found in other subclasses of Gastropoda.
  • One specific order in the subclass Amphineura is the Monoplacophora, which was considered to have been extinct until a living species was discovered in the 1970s.
  • Within the subclass Amphineura, certain families such as Neopilina have representatives that have a particularly long shell siphon that projects out from the body.
  • The subclass Amphineura is not always used as a valid grouping within the class Gastropoda due to disagreements over the distinctiveness of the shell characteristics and body structures it defines.

Synonyms

  • Amphineura

Hypernyms

  • Class
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