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    Gastropoda (redirect from Gastropods)
    Gastropods (/ˈɡæstrəpɒdz/), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda...
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  • in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Torsion is a gastropod synapomorphy which occurs in all gastropods during larval development. Torsion is the rotation...
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    of gastropod mollusks (a snail shell), the lip is the free margin of the peristome (synonym: peritreme) or aperture (the opening) of the gastropod shell...
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    freshwater (e.g. Lymnaea stagnalis), and marine (e.g. Fossarus ambiguus) gastropods. Later authors restricted the name's use to stylommatophoran species with...
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    Tibia is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This genus was traditionally considered to be part of the family Strombidae, the true...
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    The reproductive system of gastropods (slugs and snails) varies greatly from one group to another within this very large and diverse taxonomic class of...
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    Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats...
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    The gastropod shell is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical...
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    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...
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    and mosquitoes), worms (including Acanthocephala, proboscis worms) and gastropod molluscs. The Acanthocephala, the thorny-headed worms or spiny-headed...
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    Mathilda is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mathildidae. Mathilda amaea Dall, 1927 Mathilda amanda Thiele, 1925 Mathilda...
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    structure is found in some marine and freshwater gastropods, and in a minority of terrestrial gastropods, including the families Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae...
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    Thiara (redirect from Thiara (gastropod))
    Thiara is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae. Species with accepted names within...
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    air-breathing sea slugs of the upper intertidal zone. They are pulmonate gastropod mollusks related to land slugs and snails. Analysis of DNA sequences has...
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    Many hundreds of gastropod genera and species live in intermediate situations, such as for example, Truncatella. Some gastropods with gills live on...
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    Medora is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Clausiliidae. The species of this genus are found in South Europe and Mediterranean. Species: Medora...
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  • Isaurica is a genus of rock-dwelling gastropods belonging to the family Helicidae with a flattened shell. The species of this genus are found in the southwestern...
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  • Pene is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Enidae. Species within the genus Pene include: Pene...
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    Murex (redirect from Murex (gastropod))
    large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails"...
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    case they would have competed for resources with true conchs and other gastropods. Thus they may have been predators with a slow metabolism but great freedom...
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    Elysia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Plakobranchidae. These animals are colorful sea slugs, and they can superficially...
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    Land snail (redirect from Land gastropod)
    and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as slugs). However...
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    freshwater snails with an operculum, African and Asian apple snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. Distribution of...
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    Mammilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Species...
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    and spirally wrapped around a central axis. For more information, see Gastropod shell. Each complete rotation of this spirally-arranged tube is called...
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  • The sensory organs of gastropods (snails and slugs) include olfactory organs, eyes, statocysts and mechanoreceptors. Gastropods have no sense of hearing...
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  • Pomella is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. As is the case in some other genera...
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    a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. Species within the genus Columna include:...
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  • Quijote is a monotypic genus of gastropods belonging to the monotypic family Quijotidae. The only species is Quijote cervantesi. "Quijote". Global Biodiversity...
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    Cernina fluctuata, common name the wavy moon snail, is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ampullinidae. It is the only living member of its...
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