gasteropod

/ ˈɡæstərəˌpɒd /

noun

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It is apparently the only gasteropod that lives in the open sea and has a large and well-formed spiral shell.

Reptant, rep′tant, adj. crawling: pertaining to the Reptantia, those gasteropod mollusca adapted for crawling.

Another association is that of a gasteropod with one of the acephala.

It is a parasite which, under the form of a gasteropod, lives under peculiar conditions.

In Cephalopods the position of the Gasteropod foot is occupied by the external yolk-sack.

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