Prosobranchiata

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Prosobranchiata, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. forward, further + a gill.].

The highest division, or subclass, of gastropod mollusks, including those that have the gills situated anteriorly, or forward of the heart, and the sexes separate. [1913 Webster]

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