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Meaning Of Tectibranchiata
n. pl.
An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca
in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and
protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually
thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble
shells are examples.