Of or relating to aporobranchiae; describing organisms with gills that lack distinct pores.
From aporobranchia plus the suffix -ian. This taxonomic adjective classifies organisms based on their specific gill structure characteristics.
Identifying ancient marine animals often depends on their gill structure, and aporobranchian gills were a dead giveaway that you were looking at a particular evolutionary branch of mollusks.
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