Gasteropoda

Thesaurus

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Gasteropoda - snails and slugs and their relativesclass Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, GastropodaMollusca, phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitonsgastropod, univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyesfamily Haliotidae, Haliotidae - abalonesfamily Strombidae, Strombidae - the family of conchsfamily Limacidae, Limacidae - slugsfamily Neritidae, Neritidae - neritidsBuccinidae, family Buccinidae - whelksCymatiidae, family Cymatiidae - tritonsfamily Naticidae, Naticidae - moonshellsfamily Littorinidae, Littorinidae - periwinkleslimpet - any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areasfamily Patellidae, Patellidae - marine limpetsfamily Fissurellidae, Fissurellidae - marine limpetsAncylidae, family Ancylidae - freshwater gastropodOpisthobranchia, subclass Opisthobranchia - gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea haresAkeridae, family Akeridae - bubble shellsorder Pulmonata, Pulmonata - large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snailsorder Pectinibranchia, Pectinibranchia - large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a combAmphineura, subclass Amphineura - a class of Gastropodaclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders