loading...| Preferred Name | gastropod | |
| Synonyms |
snails and slugs |
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| Definitions |
Any members of the class comprising snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. As of 2017, 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. |
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http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NCBITAXON/6448 |
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| alternate name |
gastropods |
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| definition |
Any members of the class comprising snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, and land snails and slugs. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. The fossil history of this class goes back to the Late Cambrian. As of 2017, 721 families of gastropods are known, of which 245 are extinct and appear only in the fossil record, while 476 are currently extant with or without a fossil record. |
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| has database cross reference |
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4867740 |
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| has related synonym |
snails and slugs |
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| has synonym |
Gastropoda |
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| label |
gastropod |
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| Library of Congress Classification |
QL430.4-QL430.5 SB998.G37 |
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| prefLabel |
gastropod |
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| replaces |
Gasteropoda Psilogastropoda univalve Angiogastropoda Apogastropoda |
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