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Gastropod

/ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/

Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.

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Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.

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univalvenoun	having one valve; typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails.

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Word	Definition
univalvenoun	A univalve mollusk or its shell.
snailnoun	Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
mesogastropodnoun	(zoology) Any member of the Mesogastropoda, a former taxonomic group of snails.
gastropteridnoun	(zoology) Any sluglike gastropod in the family Gastropteridae.
patellogastropodnoun	(zoology) Any gastropod of the clade Patellogastropoda.
ungulinidnoun	(zoology) Any bivalve mollusk in the family Ungulinidae.
valvatidnoun	(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Valvatidae.
land snailnoun	Any species of snail that lives on land (Caenogastropoda spp. etc.).
molluscivorenoun	Any creature that eats molluscs.
land slugnoun	(zoology) A terrestrial slug.
ovulidnoun	(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Ovulidae.
bullidnoun	(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Bullidae.
molluscoidnoun	(obsolete, zoology) Any of the Molluscoidea.
volutenoun	(architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
vaginulidnoun	(zoology) Any slug in the family Vaginulidae, a synonym of the Veronicellidae.
stylommatophorannoun	Any land snail or slug of the clade Stylommatophora.
monotocardiannoun	Any gastropod mollusc of the obsolete suborder Monotocardia (whose heart consists of one auricle and one ventricle), which is approximately equivalent to the modern Caenogastropoda.
pugnellidnoun	(zoology) Any gastropod in the family Pugnellidae, synonym of family Aporrhaidae.
euthyneurannoun	Any slug or snail of the clade Euthyneura
panpulmonatenoun	Any slug or snail of the order Panpulmonata