Gastropods (/ˈɡæstrəpɒdz/), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Torsion is a gastropod synapomorphy which occurs in all gastropods during larval development. Torsion is the rotation...

freshwater (e.g. Lymnaea stagnalis), and marine (e.g. Fossarus ambiguus) gastropods; later this was restricted to stylommatophoran species with flattened...

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...

The reproductive system of gastropods (slugs and snails) varies greatly from one group to another within this very large and diverse taxonomic class of...

Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats...

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...

Many hundreds of gastropod genera and species live in intermediate situations, such as for example, Truncatella. Some gastropods with gills live on...

and mosquitoes), worms (including Acanthocephala, proboscis worms) and gastropod molluscs. The Acanthocephala or thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms...

structure is found in some marine and freshwater gastropods, and in a minority of terrestrial gastropods, including the families Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae...

is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicostylinae of the family Camaenidae. Chrysallis...

Canistrum is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae. Species within the genus Canistrum...

and freshwater snails. Land snail is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as slugs). However...

ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp Yamanaka, T.; Mizota, C. (2001). Sulfur Nutrition of Gastropods and Bivalves Relevant to the Mangrove Forests: A Case Study from Central...

Mammilla is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Species...

Turbo is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Turbo is the type...

Williamia is a genus of small sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false (air-breathing) limpets...

Genus of gastropods...

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...

Thiara is a genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Thiarinae of the family Thiaridae. Species with accepted names within...

freshwater snails with an operculum, African and Asian apple snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Ampullariidae, the apple snails. Distribution of...

large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails"...

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...

Agardhiella is a genus of terrestrial gastropods belonging to the family Agardhiellidae. The species of this genus are found in Southern Europe. Agardhiella...

Galeata is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Clausiliidae. The species of this genus are found in Eastern Mediterranean. Species: Galeata amanica...

Nastia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Oxychilidae. Nastia is the type genus of the subfamily Nastiinae...

The sensory organs of gastropods (snails and slugs) include olfactory organs, eyes, statocysts and mechanoreceptors. Gastropods have no sense of hearing...

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...

Euxinella is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Clausiliidae. The species of this genus are found in Greece. Species: Euxinella alpinella Dedov...

Romania is an extinct genus of freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. Species within the genus Romania include: †Romania...