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Answer for the clue "Class of mollusks ", 9 letters:
pteropoda

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Pteropoda ( common name pteropods , from the Greek meaning "wing-foot") are specialized free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropods . The monophyly of Pteropoda is the subject of a lengthy debate; they have even been ...

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Pteropoda \Pte*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea. Note: The Pteropoda are divided ...