Phaneropneumona

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Phaneropneumona

1. In J. E. Gray's classification (1821), one of two orders of terrestrial snails in Pneumobranchia (syn. Pheumobranchiata), the other being Adelopneumona (syn. Pulmonifera), having branched vascular gills on the inner surface of the mantle, and being thus adapted to terrestrial life. They chiefly belong to the families Cyclostomidae, Cyclophoridae, etc., and are very numerous in tropical regions.

References

• “Phaneropneumona”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.