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Gasteropodous :: Gasteropodous (a.) Same as Gastropodous.

Achlamydate :: Achlamydate (a.) Not possessing a mantle; -- said of certain gastropods.

Euthyneura :: Euthyneura (n. pl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata..

Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..

Holostomata :: Holostomata (n. pl.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture..

Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. t. & i.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca..

Valve-shell :: Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata.

Snail :: Snail (n.) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail..

Boat Shell :: Boat shell () A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck.

Oliva :: Oliva (n.) A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored..

Trachelipoda :: Trachelipoda (n.pl.) An extensive artificial group of gastropods comprising all those which have a spiral shell and the foot attached to the base of the neck.

Terebra :: Terebra (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell..

Isopleura :: Isopleura (n. pl.) A subclass of Gastropoda, in which the body is symmetrical, the right and left sides being equal..

Nidamental :: Nidamental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata..

Rhachiglossa :: Rhachiglossa (n. pl.) A division of marine gastropods having a retractile proboscis and three longitudinal rows of teeth on the radula. It includes many of the large ornamental shells, as the miters, murices, olives, purpuras, volutes, and whelks. See Illust. in Append..

Hydrobranchiata :: Hydrobranchiata (n. pl.) An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera..

Siphon :: Siphon (n.) The anterior prolongation of the margin of any gastropod shell for the protection of the soft siphon.

Snout :: Snout (n.) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum.

Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Strombus. See Strombus.

Gasteropoda :: Gasteropoda (n. pl.) Same as Gastropoda.

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