prosobranchiate

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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 Tryon, Jr., “Prosobranchiata”, in Manual of Conchology; Structural and Systematic. , volume II (Muricinæ, Purpurinæ), Philadelphia, Pa.: 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 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.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “prosobranchiate, adj. and n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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