Patellogastropod

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any gastropod of the clade Patellogastropoda.

    "However the prevailing opinion that the patellogastropods form the first offshoot of the gastropods is not supported by palaeontological data. The oldest indisputable evidence of the Patellogastropoda is from Late Triassic strata."

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true limpet

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"However the prevailing opinion that the patellogastropods form the first offshoot of the gastropods is not supported by palaeontological data. The oldest indisputable evidence of the Patellogastropoda is from Late Triassic strata."

Etymology

Clipping of taxonomic name Patellogastropoda, equivalent to patello- + gastropod.

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