Definitions of gastropod
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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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synonyms:
univalve
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abalone, ear-shell
any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
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conch
any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
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snail
freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
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slug
any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
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seasnail
any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids
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Ancylus fluviatilis, freshwater limpet, river limpet
minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
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nudibranch, sea slug
any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
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Aplysia punctata, sea hare
naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles
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bubble shell
marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell
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physa
any member of the genus Physa
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cowrie, cowry
any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
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aplacophoran, solenogaster
deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
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Haliotis tuberculata, ormer, sea-ear
an abalone found near the Channel Islands
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scorpion shell
any of numerous tropical marine snails that as adults have the outer lip of the aperture produced into a series of long curved spines
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Strombus gigas, giant conch
a large variety of conch
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Helix pomatia, edible snail
one of the chief edible snails
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garden snail
any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests
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neritid, neritid gastropod
operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell
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whelk
large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
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triton
tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells
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moon shell, moonshell
marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires
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periwinkle, winkle
edible marine gastropod
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limpet
any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
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Hermissenda crassicornis
a kind of sea slug
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Cypraea moneta, money cowrie
cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa
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Cypraea tigris, tiger cowrie
cowrie whose shell is used for ornament
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