GASTROPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gastropoda mean? 

• GASTROPODA (noun)
  The noun GASTROPODA has 1 sense:

1. snails and slugs and their relatives

  Familiarity information: GASTROPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTROPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Snails and slugs and their relatives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda

Hypernyms ("Gastropoda" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Gastropoda"):

limpet (any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas)

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)

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)

 Context examples 

Mammalia, Reptilia, Gastropoda, Insecta, etc that contains a large number of different sublineages, but have shared characteristics in common (e.g. warm-blooded, fur, six legs etc).

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