monoplacophoranとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /mɒnə(ʊ)pləˈkɒfəɹən/

名詞

monoplacophoran (複数形 monoplacophorans)

1. (zoology) Any member of the superclass Monoplacophora, comprising molluscs with cap-like shells. [from 20th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 49:

     The crabbed limpet-like shellfish is a monoplacophoran.

   • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 34:

     Unique among mollusks, monoplacophorans turned out to have multiple repeating sets of shell-attachment muscles, kidneys, and gills.