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Orthurethra

gastropod order
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  • snail
    gastropod
    / Classification

    Order Orthurethra Pore of ureter opening into mantle cavity (part of the viscera) near anterior margin of lung after ureter passes forward from anterior kidney margin; about 6,000 species. Superfamily Achatinellacea Minute to medium-sized Pacific land snails with multicuspid radular denticles; many Hawaiian species highly coloured…

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    Order Orthurethra Pore of ureter opening into mantle cavity (part of the viscera) near anterior margin of lung after ureter passes forward from anterior kidney margin; about 6,000 species. Superfamily Achatinellacea Minute to medium-sized Pacific land snails with multicuspid radular denticles; many Hawaiian species highly coloured…

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