gastropod

Noun
  1. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes (synset 101944818)
    is a type of: mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
    subtypes:
    • abalone, ear-shell - any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
    • conch - any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
    • snail - freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
    • slug - any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
    • seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
    • ancylus fluviatilis, freshwater limpet, river limpet - minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
    • nudibranch, sea slug - any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
    • aplysia punctata, sea hare - naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles
    • bubble shell - marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell
    • physa - any member of the genus Physa
    • cowrie, cowry - any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
    • aplacophoran, solenogaster - deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
    belongs to: class gasteropoda, class gastropoda, gasteropoda, gastropoda - snails and slugs and their relatives
    same as: univalve

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