About The Word Gastropoda
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Gastropoda
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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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