Heterobranchia

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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
Heterobranchia at the Tree of Life Web Project

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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