Trochozoa

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”) + ζῷᾰ (zōîă), plural of ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).

Proper noun

Trochozoa

  1. A proposed Lophotrochozoa clade that would be a sister clade of Bryozoa and would include animals in the Nemertea, Annelida, Cycliophora, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, and Phoronida.
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