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- noun Plural form of
prosobranch .
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To further thicken the plot, I should add that most marine snails, the polyphyletic prosobranchs, have their eyes at the bases of their 1 pair of tentacles and many have opercula.
Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008
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To further thicken the plot, I should add that most marine snails, the polyphyletic prosobranchs, have their eyes at the bases of their 1 pair of tentacles and many have opercula.
Assiminea succinea AYDIN 2008
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The only other prosobranchs I know with eyes on stalks are the Strombidae.
Assiminea succinea AYDIN 2008
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The prosobranchs, however, never ventured onto land, so their body functions have been continuously adapting to an aquatic environment.
Mollusca 2007
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The word branchs, (pronounced "branks") in prosobranchs, means 'gill'.
Mollusca 2007
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The prosobranchs possess a very efficient gill system that works the same way as a fish gill.
Mollusca 2007
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This is yet another instance when the prosobranchs and the pulmonates differ.
Mollusca 2007
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Pulmonates and prosobranchs have marked developmental differences.
Mollusca 2007
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By contrast prosobranchs are k-strategists with longer lifespans, low fecundity, and delayed maturation.
Mollusca 2007
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The prosobranchs and pulmonates have different modes of reproduction.
Mollusca 2007
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