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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

freshwater (e.g. Lymnaea stagnalis), and marine (e.g. Fossarus ambiguus) gastropods. Later authors restricted the name's use to stylommatophoran species with...

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

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

Delima is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Clausiliidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Western Asia. Species: Delima albocincta...

is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The name Alinda...

Genus of gastropods...

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

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

The mating of gastropods is a vast and varied topic, because the taxonomic class Gastropoda is very large and diverse, a group comprising sea snails and...

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

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

Ariella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Scissurellidae, the little slit snails. Species within...

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

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

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

Mathilda is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mathildidae. Mathilda amaea Dall, 1927 Mathilda amanda Thiele, 1925 Mathilda...

Septaria is a genus of freshwater and brackish water snails, gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae. These superficially limpet-like snails are native...

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

Tethys is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tethydidae. Tethys dominguensis Pruvot-Fol, 1954 Tethys fimbria Linnaeus...

and spirally wrapped around a central axis. For more information, see Gastropod shell. Each complete rotation of this spirally-arranged tube is called...