(Zool.) One of the lateral lobes of the foot in certain gastropods.
epipodium
epipodium
[‚ep·ə′pōd·ē·əm] (botany) The apical portion of an embryonic phyllopodium. (invertebrate zoology) A ridge or fold on the lateral edges of each side of the foot of certain gastropod mollusks.The elevated ring on an ambulacral plate in Echinoidea.