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Webster 1913 Edition


Isopleura


Iˊso-pleu′ra

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Iso-
, and
Pleura
.]
(Zool.)
A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal.
☞ The intestine terminates at the posterior end of the body, and the gills and circulatory and reproductive organs are paired. It includes the chitons (
Polyplacophora
), together with
Neomenia
and
Chætoderma
, which are wormlike forms without a shell.