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Heterobranchia
Heterobranchia
Translingual
Proper noun
Heterobranchia
- Many mollusks
- A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Orthogastropoda.
- A taxonomic subclass within the class Gastropoda.
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
- 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