Definitions for "Gastropod"
Keywords:  snail, slugs, mollusks, whelks, mollusc
Asymmetrical mollusks of the class Gastropoda. These invertebrates with spiral shells and heads with one or two pairs of tentacles, include snails, whelks and slugs.
the largest and most successful class of mollusks (phylum Mollusca), containing over 35,000 living species and 15,000 fossil forms. Most gastropods have a one piece shell (univalve), however in some, such as slugs and nudibranchs there is no shell at all. Gastropods have a well defined head, with one or two sensory tentacles and a mouth. They travel by using a single large muscular foot.
a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
Keywords:  one
One of the Gastropoda.