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Apogastropoda
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Apogastropoda

gastropod order
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  • Conchyliologie Tableau de la Classification des Coquilles
    mollusk
    / Annotated classification

    …Archaeogastropoda (long cerebropleural connectives) and Apogastropoda (bifurcate tentacle nerves, 2 pedal commissures); at least 20,000 species. Subclass Opisthobranchia (Euthyneura) (bubble shells, sea hares, nudibranchs, and snails) Marine, limnic, or terrestrial snails and slugs without operculum; visceral loop with additional parietal ganglia; hermaphroditic; about 19,000 species.

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    …Archaeogastropoda (long cerebropleural connectives) and Apogastropoda (bifurcate tentacle nerves, 2 pedal commissures); at least 20,000 species. Subclass Opisthobranchia (Euthyneura) (bubble shells, sea hares, nudibranchs, and snails) Marine, limnic, or terrestrial snails and slugs without operculum; visceral loop with additional parietal ganglia; hermaphroditic; about 19,000 species.

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