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Webster 1913 Edition
Gastropoda
‖
Gas-trop′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], stomach +
-poda
.] (Zool.)
One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See
Mollusca
. [Written also
Gasteropoda
.] ☞ The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: (
a
) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (b
) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c
) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora. Definition 2024
Gastropoda
Gastropoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Gastropoda
Hyponyms
- (class): Eogastropoda (true limpets et al), Orthogastropoda (subclasses)