Category:Pulmonata

Pul`mo*na"ta, n. pl. Etym: [nl., from l. pulmo, -onis, a lung.] (zoöl.)

Defn: an extensive division, or sub-class, of hermaphrodite Gastropods, in which the mantle cavity is modified into an air- Breathing organ, as in helix, or land snails, limax, or garden slugs, And many pond snails, as limnæa and planorbis.