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Scaphopoda
‖
Sca-phop′o-da
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
σκάφη
a boat + -poda
.] (Zool.)
A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also
Prosopocephala
, and Solenoconcha
. Definition 2024
Scaphopoda
Scaphopoda
Translingual
Proper noun
Scaphopoda
- A taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca – tusk shells.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Dentaliida, Gadilida - orders
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521