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Gastropods are commonly referred to as snails or slugs. Gastropoda is the class name within the Mollusca phylum, which is within the Animalia kingdom. Gastropods may include sea snails, sea slugs, freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails, and land slugs.
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Gastropods are known as the?
stomach -footed mollusks
What gastropods are known as?
The class Gastropoda or gastropods (also previously known as univalves and sometimes also spelled Gasteropoda) form a major part of the phylum Mollusca. Gastropods are more commonly known as snails and slugs, and include those that live in the sea, in freshwater and on land.
Are snails well known animals?
no. they ARE in fact, well known gastropods.
What order to gastropods belong to?
Gastropods belong to the class Gastropoda, which is a class of mollusks. They are characterized by their single, coiled shell (in most species) and their distinctive method of locomotion known as crawling on a broad, muscular foot.
Are snail worms?
No, snails are gastropods.
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
What are the fastest and most agile mollusks?
It is well known that the clam is by far the most active mollusk
How do gastropods circulate?
Gastropods have an open circulatory system. Check related links.
If a slug have no shell are they gastropods or cephalopods?
Slugs are gastropods. All slugs are shell-less.
What snail used for moving?
They move by rippling the muscles of their stomachs. This is why snails and slugs are known as Gastropods. IE "stomach - foot".
Is a snail an insect and why?
No, they are gastropods; animals that grow their homes.
What is the circulation of gastropods?
Gastropods have a closed-circulation because it has ventricles that carry blood throughout it's body.
