isopleura

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isopleura - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Isopleura \I`so*pleu"ra\, n. pl. [NL. See Iso-, and Pleura.]
     (Zool.)
     A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical,
     the right and left sides being equal.
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     Note: The intestine terminates at the posterior end of the
           body, and the gills and circulatory and reproductive
           organs are paired. It includes the chitons
           (Polyplacophora), together with Neomenia and
           Ch[ae]toderma, which are wormlike forms without a
           shell.
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