Category:Proboscidifera

Pro*bos`ci*dif"e*ra, n. pl. Etym: [nl. See proboscis, and -ferous.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: an extensive division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, Including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth At the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See illust. Of gastropoda, and of winkle.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: a subdivision of the tænioglossate gastropods, including the Fig-shells (pyrula), the helmet shells (cassis), the tritons, and Allied genera.