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Gastropoda

Gastropoda Meaning & Definition
Gastropoda Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gastropoda?

[n] snails and slugs and their relatives

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gastropoda: class Gasteropoda | class Gastropoda | Gasteropoda

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gastropoda:

See Also | Akeridae | Amphineura | Ancylidae | Buccinidae | class | Cymatiidae | family Akeridae | family Ancylidae | family Buccinidae | family Cymatiidae | family Fissurellidae | family Haliotidae | family Limacidae | family Littorinidae | family Naticidae | family Neritidae | family Patellidae | family Strombidae | Fissurellidae | gastropod | Haliotidae | Limacidae | limpet | Littorinidae | Mollusca | Naticidae | Neritidae | Opisthobranchia | order Pectinibranchia | order Pulmonata | Patellidae | Pectinibranchia | phylum Mollusca | Pulmonata | Strombidae | subclass Amphineura | subclass Opisthobranchia | univalve

Gastropoda In Webster's Dictionary

\Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.] Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.

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