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Definition of Scaphopda

Scaphopda
Scaphopda Sca*phop"*da, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.

Meaning of Scaphopda from wikipedia

- coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopda and Gastropda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325-402, pls 36-37...