English language
Toggle Transcript
gastropod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | univalve |
| Type of | mollusk, shellfish, mollusc |
| Has types | aplysia punctata, bubble shell, conch, cowrie, cowry, ear-shell, freshwater limpet, abalone, ancylus fluviatilis, aplacophoran, seasnail, slug, snail, solenogaster, nudibranch, physa, river limpet, sea hare, sea slug |
Examples of gastropod
gastropod
The radula of a gastropod is usually adapted to the food that a species eats.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bubble shells are marine gastropod molluscs in the subclass Opisthobranchia.
From the theepochtimes.com
Laevapex fuscus, a gastropod, is described as being functionally protandric.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The anatomy of an aquatic snail with a gill, a male prosobranch gastropod.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A number of potential predators were found in the same region as the scaly-foot gastropod.
From the sciencedaily.com
Protection mechanisms of the iron-plated armor of a deep-sea hydrothermal vent gastropod.
From the sciencedaily.com
The teleoconch starts forming when the larval gastropod settles and becomes a juvenile.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As she moves off in to the forest, the Wraith assumes its natural form, a large gastropod.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Kobelt 1871 established the gastropod genus-group name Candidula and included 23 species.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
- The Gastropoda or gastropods are a large taxonomic class within the molluscs, a class of animals that are more commonly known as snails and slugs. ...
- (Gastropods) Mollusks in the class Gastropoda, typically with a single shell, including the snails, whelks, etc.
- A member of the Class Gastropoda, a group of asymmetrical molluscs in which the foot is broad and flat, the mantle undivided, the shell in one piece, usually conical. Includes the limpets, whelks, and other snail-like molluscs.
- The largest and most successful class of mollusks (phylum Mollusca), containing over 35,000 living species and 15,000 fossil forms. Most gastropods have a one piece shell (univalve), however in some, such as slugs and nudibranchs there is no shell at all. ...
- Gastropods (of the class Gastropoda) are mollusks (e.g., snails, slugs, clams, or squids) usually with a univalve shell, or no shell, and a distinct head bearing sensory organs. "Gasto" means stomach; "pod" means foot. Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.)
- A soft-bodied animal, which is often protected by a shell. Marine gastropods include sea snails, sea hares, limpets, abalones, turbans, and tritons.
- A mollusc living in a single coiled shell and one muscle. Slugs and snails are gastropods.
- Any mollusc belonging to the class Gastropoda characterized by a distinct head with eyes and tentacles and, in most, by a single calcareous shell that is closed at the apex, sometimes spiralled, not chambered, and generally asymmetrical, e.g., a snail.
