Definitions for "Gastropods"
Keywords:  snail, slug, whelks, limpet, univalve
Mollusks, such as snails and slugs, that use a single foot to move
one-shelled mollusks (Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda). These univalve invertebrates have a coiled shell, a flattened foot, and a well developed head with tentacles. Snails, limpets, conchs, whelks, and slugs are all gastropods.
A group (class) of aquatic and terrestrial molluscs including slugs and snails.