NOUN | animal | Pulmonata, order Pulmonata | large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails |
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Meaning | large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails. | |
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Synonym | order Pulmonata | |
Member of | Gastropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, class Gasteropoda | snails and slugs and their relatives |
Members | Helicidae, family Helicidae | Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests |
Physidae, family Physidae | Freshwater snails | |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
Spanish | pulmonados | |
Catalan | Pulmonata, pulmonats |
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