Pulmonata

n. pl.

1.

(Zool.) An extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air-breathing organ, as in Helix, or land snails, Limax, or garden slugs, and many pond snails, as Limnæa and Planorbis.

Noun

1.

Pulmonata - large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails Synonyms: order Pulmonata

animal order, class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, family Helicidae, family Physidae, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, Helicidae, order Pulmonata, Physidae