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n. [Gr. strepsis, twisting; neuron, nerve](MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda)Equivalent to chiastoneury.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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chiastoneury — n. [Gr. chiasma, cross; neuron, nerve] (MOLLUSCA) In prosobranchs and a few other taxa, a condition in which the visceral loop is distinctively twisted; crossing of the visceral connectives; streptoneury; chiastoneural a; see orthneury,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
orthoneury — n. [Gr. orthos, straight; neuron, nerve] (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) In forms with bilateral zygoneury, the condition of the visceral loop ganglia and crossed connectives indicating earlier streptoneury are still evident though sometimes reduced; see… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
