anaspidean
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[edit]Noun
[edit]anaspidean (plural anaspideans)
- A marine mollusc of the clade Anaspidea.
- 1977, Arthur Charles Giese, Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates:
- In the anaspideans the common genital duct (large or wide hermaphroditic duct) is a tubular continuation of the pallial gonoduct from the fertilization chamber and the pallial oviduct to the common genital aperture.
- 2003, Corrado Tringali, Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources, page 606:
- Since all anaspideans are strictly herbivorous, many chemical studies revealed typical algal metabolites.
