Gastropods
Gastropoda
The gastropods (/ˈɡæstroʊpɒdz/), more commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca, called Gastropoda. This class comprises 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.
7 branches of this class, most-observed first
Heterobranchs
subclassHeterobranchia
Caenogastropods
subclassCaenogastropoda
Vetigastropods
subclassVetigastropoda
True Limpets
subclassPatellogastropoda
Neritimorpha
subclassNeritimorpha
Trochonematoidea
superfamilyTrochonematoidea
Amphigastropoda
subclassAmphigastropoda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Gastropoda in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47114.