Encephala

encephala Translingual Etymology From mul grc ἐν in + grc κεφαλή head. Proper noun mul archaic A non-taxonomic, informal classification, within phylum Mollusca those in the classes having heads: Cephalopoda class, Pteropoda group and Gastropoda class en mul Philip Henry Gosse Natural History 1854 57 Naturalists arrange the Mollusca in six classes, named Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Gasteropoda, Conchifera, Brachiopoda, and Tunicata. Of these the first three are sometimes distinguished as Encephala, or furnished with a head; the last three as Acephala, being destitute of that organ. Related terms Acephala class References mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)