prosobranchiate

English

Etymology

From the taxonomic name Prosobranchia +‎ -ate. By surface analysis, proso- +‎ branchiate. Compare the taxonomic name Prosobranchiata.

Adjective

prosobranchiate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Synonym of prosobranch (“having the gills anterior to the heart”).

   a prosobranchiate gastropod

Noun

prosobranchiate (plural prosobranchiates)

1. (zoology, uncommon) Synonym of prosobranch (“a gastropod with gills anterior to the heart”).
   • 1880, George W[ashington] Tryon, Jr., “Prosobranchiata”, in Manual of Conchology; Structural and Systematic. […], volume II (Muricinæ, Purpurinæ), Philadelphia, Pa.: […] [T]he Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, […], →OCLC, “Anatomy” section, “External Features” subsection, page 6:

     An external shell, usually sufficiently large to contain the entire animal, is common to all the prosobranchiates.

   • 1974, Philip Street, “Molluscs”, in Animal Reproduction, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, →ISBN, page 151:

     Pulmonate freshwater snails are found in every type of fresh water, as one might expect, and equally predictably the prosobranchiates are found only in streams and rivers.

   • 1982, Yakov A[bramovich] Vinnikov, translated by Nicholas Bobrov, “Receptor Cells of the Gravity Organ of Invertebrates”, in Evolution of Receptor Cells: Cytological, Membranous and Molecular Levels (Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics; 34), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Mechanoreceptor Cells), page 93:

     The number of axons in the static nerve of prosobranchiates is usually greater than the number of receptor cells.

Anagrams

• bronchoaspirate