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GASTROPODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Snails and slugs and their relatives
Synonyms:
class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gastropoda" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Gastropoda"):
Amphineura; subclass Amphineura (a class of Gastropoda)
order Pectinibranchia; Pectinibranchia (large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb)
order Pulmonata; Pulmonata (large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails)
Akeridae; family Akeridae (bubble shells)
Opisthobranchia; subclass Opisthobranchia (gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares)
Ancylidae; family Ancylidae (freshwater gastropod)
family Fissurellidae; Fissurellidae; family Patellidae; Patellidae (marine limpets)
limpet (any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas)
family Littorinidae; Littorinidae (periwinkles)
family Naticidae; Naticidae (moonshells)
Cymatiidae; family Cymatiidae (tritons)
Buccinidae; family Buccinidae (whelks)
family Neritidae; Neritidae (neritids)
family Limacidae; Limacidae (slugs)
family Strombidae; Strombidae (the family of conchs)
family Haliotidae; Haliotidae (abalones)
gastropod; univalve (a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes)
Holonyms ("Gastropoda" is a member of...):
Mollusca; phylum Mollusca (gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons)
