Definition of Gastropod. Meaning of Gastropod. Synonyms of Gastropod

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Definition of Gastropod

Gastropod
Gastropod Gas"tro*pod, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]

Meaning of Gastropod from wikipedia

- Gastropods (/ˈɡæstrəpɒdz/), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda...
- The reproductive system of gastropods (slugs and snails) varies greatly from one group to another within this very large and diverse taxonomic class of...
- The gastropod s**** is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The s**** is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical...
- and mosquitoes), worms (including Acanthocephala, proboscis worms) and gastropod molluscs. The Acanthocephala or thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms...
- Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats...
- scaly-foot gastropod, scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, or volcano snail is a species of deep-sea hydrothermal-vent snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in...
- Many hundreds of gastropod genera and species live in intermediate situations, such as for example, Truncatella. Some gastropods with gills live on...
- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Torsion is a gastropod synapomorphy which occurs in all gastropods during larval development. Torsion is the rotation...
- of gastropod mollusks (a snail s****), the lip is the free margin of the peristome (synonym: peritreme) or aperture (the opening) of the gastropod s****...
- freshwater (e.g. Lymnaea stagnalis), and marine (e.g. Fossarus ambiguus) gastropods; later this was restricted to stylommatophoran species with flattened...