seasnail

DEFINITIONS OF: seasnail

Type of:: scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish
fishes having the head armored with bony plates

Types:: show 11 types...; hide 11 types...; neritid, neritid gastropod
operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell; whelk
large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell; triton
tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells; moon shell, moonshell
marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires; periwinkle, winkle
edible marine gastropod; limpet
any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas; nerita
a neritid gastropod having a short smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum; Nerita peloronta, bleeding tooth
gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area; neritina
ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters; Patella vulgata, common limpet
marine limpet; Diodora apertura, Fissurella apertura, keyhole limpet
marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex

Type of:: gastropod, univalve
a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

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