Definition of Gastropods. Meaning of Gastropods. Synonyms of Gastropods

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Definition of Gastropods

Gastropod
Gastropod Gas"tro*pod, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]

Meaning of Gastropods from wikipedia

- reproductive adaptations of gastropods vary significantly from one clade or group to another, so stating many generalities for all gastropods is difficult. The...
- also vary greatly. In many marine gastropods, there are separate ****es (male and female); most terrestrial gastropods however are hermaphrodites.[citation...
- m**** of larval gastropods is not the same thing as the spiral coiling of the s****, which is also present in many s****ed gastropods. There are two different...
- The gastropod s**** is part of the body of many gastropods, including snails, a kind of mollusc. The s**** is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators...
- The sensory organs of gastropods (snails and slugs) include olfactory organs, eyes, statocysts and mechanoreceptors. Gastropods have no sense of hearing...
- 000 species of freshwater gastropods (3,795–3,972). As of 2023, there are 5182 known species of fossil freshwater gastropods. The following cladogram is...
- Terrestrial gastropods are primarily herbivores and only a few groups are carnivorous. Carnivorous gastropods usually feed on other gastropod species or...
- field and sampled scaly-foot gastropods there. 2009 – an expedition of RV Da Yang Yi Hao visually observed scaly-foot gastropods at Longqi vent field. 2011...
- structure is found in some marine and freshwater gastropods, and in a minority of terrestrial gastropods, including the families Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae...
- is relatively rare. Some evolutionary lineages of gastropods have evolved a proboscis. In gastropods, the proboscis is an elongation of the snout with...