gastropod

gas·tro·pod

any of a large class (Gastropoda) of mollusks having one-piece, straight or spiral shells, as snails, limpets, etc., or having no shells or greatly reduced shells, as certain slugs: most gastropods move by means of a broad, muscular, ventral foot

Origin of gastropod

from Modern Latin Gastropoda from gastro- + -pod

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gastropod

noun

Any of numerous mollusks of the class Gastropoda, characteristically having a single, usually coiled shell or no shell at all, a ventral muscular foot, and eyes and tentacles located on a distinct head, and including the snails, slugs, cowries, and limpets.

Origin of gastropod

From New Latin Gastropoda class name gastro- -poda -pod

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gas′tro·pod′
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Noun

(plural gastropods)

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

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It occurs immature in the gastropod Nassa.
In a dextral Gastropod the shell is coiled in a right-handed spiral from apex to mouth, and the spiral also projects to the right of the median plane of the animal.
The problem of the causes of the torsion of the Gastropod body has been much discussed.
- Four stages in the development of a Gastropod showing the process of body torsion.
As in all such introand e-versible organs, eversion of the Gastropod proboscis is effected by pressure communicated by the muscular body-wall to the liquid contents (blood) of the body-space, accompanied by the relaxation of the muscles which directly pull upon either the sides or the apex of the tubular organ.

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