#class_Gastropoda__Gastropoda__Gasteropoda__class_Gasteropoda snails and slugs and their relatives
supertype: class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: phylum_Mollusca
member: gastropod__univalve a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
member: family_Haliotidae__Haliotidae abalones
member: genus_Haliotis__Haliotis type genus of the family Haliotidae
member: abalone__ear-shell__earshell any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
member: family_Strombidae__Strombidae conchs
member: genus_Lambis__Lambis scorpion shells of shallow tropical waters of the eastern hemisphere
member: 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
member: genus_Strombus__Strombus type genus of the family Strombidae
member: conch any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
member: family_Limacidae__Limacidae slugs
member: genus_Limax__Limax a genus of Limacidae
member: slug any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
member: family_Neritidae__Neritidae neritids
member: neritid_gastropod__neritidgastropod__neritid operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell
member: genus_Nerita type genus of the Neritidae
member: nerita having short a smooth or spirally ridged shell with thick usually toothed outer lip and toothed operculum
member: bleeding_tooth__Nerita_peloronta gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area
member: genus_Neritina a genus of Neritidae
member: neritina ornately marked and brightly colored snails of brackish waters
member: family_Buccinidae__Buccinidae whelks
member: whelk large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell
member: family_Cymatiidae__Cymatiidae tritons
member: triton tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral shells
member: family_Naticidae__Naticidae moonshells
member: moonshell marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires
member: family_Littorinidae__Littorinidae periwinkles
member: genus_Littorina__Littorina type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles
member: periwinkle.seasnail__winkle edible marine gastropod
member: limpet any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
member: family_Patellidae__Patellidae marine limpets
member: genus_Patella__Patella type genus of the family Patellidae: common European limpets
member: common_limpet__Patella_vulgata marine limpet
member: family_Fissurellidae__Fissurellidae marine limpets
member: genus_Fissurella__Fissurella type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets
member: keyhole_limpet__keyholelimpet__Fissurella_apertura__Diodora_apertura marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex
member: family_Ancylidae__Ancylidae freshwater gastropod
member: genus_Ancylus__Ancylus type genus of the family Ancylidae: river limpet
member: river_limpet__riverlimpet__freshwater_limpet__Ancylus_fluviatilis minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants
member: subclass_Opisthobranchia__Opisthobranchia gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares
member: order_Nudibranchia__Nudibranchia comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug
member: sea_slug__seaslug any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
member: family_Aplysiidae__Aplysiidae__Tethyidae__family_Tethyidae sea hares
member: genus_Aplysia__Aplysia__Tethys__genus_Tethus type genus of the family Aplysiidae
member: sea_hare__seahare__Aplysia_punctata naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles
member: genus_Hermissenda__Hermissenda genus of marine sea slugs
member: Hermissenda_crassicornis a kind of sea slug
member: family_Akeridae__Akeridae bubble shells
member: genus_Haminoea__Haminoea common genus of marine bubble shells of the Pacific coast of North America
member: bubble_shell marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell
member: 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
member: family_Helicidae__Helicidae land snails including the common edible snail and some pests
member: genus_Helix__Helix type genus of the family Helicidae
member: edible_snail__Helix_pomatia one of the chief edible snails
member: garden_snail any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests
member: brown_snail__brownsnail__Helix_aspersa serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan
member: Helix_hortensis a kind of garden snail
member: family_Physidae__Physidae freshwater snails
member: genus_Physa type genus of the physidae; freshwater air-breathing snails
member: physa any member of the genus Physa
member: order_Pectinibranchia__Pectinibranchia large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb
member: family_Cypraeidae__Cypraeidae family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries
member: genus_Cypraea__Cypraea type genus of the family Cypraeidae: the typical cowries
member: cowrie__cowry any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells
member: subclass_Amphineura__Amphineura a class of Gastropoda
member: order_Solenogastres__Solenogastres__Aplacophora__order_Aplacophora an order of Amphineura
member: solenogaster__aplacophoran deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
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