subclass Opisthobranchia

subclass Opisthobranchia
noun
gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares
Syn: ↑Opisthobranchia
Hypernyms: ↑class
Member Holonyms: ↑Gastropoda, ↑class Gastropoda, ↑Gasteropoda, ↑class Gasteropoda
Member Meronyms: ↑Nudibranchia, ↑order Nudibranchia

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