Definition of Order pectinibranchia
1. Noun. Large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Member holonyms: Cypraeidae, Family Cypraeidae
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Literary usage of Order pectinibranchia
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1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"In the order PECTINIBRANCHIA, the animals of the first genus TURBO, are marine;
they live on the sea-coasts, in the midst of rocks beaten by the waves, ..."
2. The Natural History of Some Common Animals by Oswald Hawkins Latter (1904)
"Sub-order PECTINIBRANCHIA. PROSOBRANCHIA. Basommatophora. Eyes to inner side of
cephalic tentacles, at their base; male and female generative apertures ..."
3. The Mollusca and Radiata by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Edward Pidgeon (1834)
"In the order PECTINIBRANCHIA, the animals of the first genus TURBO, are marine;
they live on the sea-coasts, in the midst of rocks beaten by the waves, ..."
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