HyperDic: gasteropoda

English > 1 sense of the word Gasteropoda:
NOUNanimalGasteropoda, Gastropoda, class Gastropoda, class Gasteropodasnails and slugs and their relatives
English > Gasteropoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsnails and slugs and their relatives.
SynonymsGastropoda, class Gastropoda, class Gasteropoda
Member ofMollusca, phylum Molluscagastropods
MembersAkeridae, family Akeridaebubble shells
Amphineura, subclass AmphineuraA class of Gastropoda
Ancylidae, family AncylidaeFreshwater gastropod
Buccinidae, family Buccinidaewhelks
Cymatiidae, family Cymatiidaetritons
Fissurellidae, family Fissurellidaemarine limpets
Haliotidae, family Haliotidaeabalones
Limacidae, family Limacidaeslugs
Littorinidae, family Littorinidaeperiwinkles
Naticidae, family Naticidaemoonshells
Neritidae, family Neritidaeneritids
Opisthobranchia, subclass Opisthobranchiagastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum
Patellidae, family Patellidaemarine limpets
Pectinibranchia, order Pectinibranchialarge order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb
Pulmonata, order Pulmonatalarge order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails
Strombidae, family StrombidaeThe family of conchs
gastropod, univalveA class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
limpetAny of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishclase Gasteropoda, clase Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, gasterópodos, Gastropoda
CatalanGastropoda

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