Trochozoa

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”) + ζῷᾰ (zôia), plural of ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Proper noun

Trochozoa

1. A proposed Lophotrochozoa clade that would be a sister clade of Bryozoa and would include animals in the Nemertea, Annelida, Cycliophora, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Phoronida.