Definition of Tetrabranchiata. Meaning of Tetrabranchiata. Synonyms of Tetrabranchiata

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Definition of Tetrabranchiata

Tetrabranchiata
Tetrabranchiata Tet`ra*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL. See Tetra-, and Branchia.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species are found in the fossil state, such as Ammonites, Baculites, Orthoceras, etc.

Meaning of Tetrabranchiata from wikipedia

- The Tetrabranchiata are members of a now discontinued taxonomic order of cephalopod, whose bodyplan included four gills, four hearts, four kidneys, and...
- 1886 Distribution : Bermuda, Oceanic Length : 5 mm Notobranchaea tetrabranchiata Bonnevie, 1913 Distribution : Oceanic Length : 16 mm Notobranchaea...
- subdivision of this class into the two orders of Dibranchiata and Tetrabranchiata (1832). In 1852 Owen named Protichnites – the oldest footprints found...
- Scaphopoda class Cephalopoda (= Siphonopoda) Subclass Nautiloidea (= Tetrabranchiata) Subclass Coleoidea (= Dibranchiata) Order Sepioida Order Teuthoida...
- the Individual and Those in the Entire Group of the Molluscous Order Tetrabranchiata. In this he claimed that extinction of a species was analogous to death...