anaspidean

plural anaspideans

1. A marine mollusc of the clade Anaspidea.

   Since all anaspideans are strictly herbivorous, many chemical studies revealed typical algal metabolites.

   2003, Corrado Tringali, Bioactive Compounds from Natural Sources, page 606

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   In the anaspideans the common genital duct (large or wide hermaphroditic duct) is a tubular continuation of the pallial gonoduct from the fertilization chamber and the pallial oviduct to the common genital aperture.

   1977, Arthur Charles Giese, Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates

   Synonyms: sea hare