Septibranchia

plural noun

Sep·​ti·​bran·​chia

ˌseptəˈbraŋkēə

: a small order of Lamellibranchia comprising marine bivalves with gills reduced to a horizontal symmetrically fenestrated muscular partition

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from sept- + -branchia

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