gastropod
Slug's taxonomic class
A gastropod is a mollusk with a single coiled shell and a muscular foot for locomotion—snails, slugs, whelks, and their relatives.
The name comes from Greek words meaning "stomach foot," describing how these creatures appear to walk on their bellies.
Slugs are gastropods that have lost their shells through evolution.
The tide pools were full of gastropods clinging to the rocks.
Mollusk scraping organ
- tentacleFlexible grasping appendage
- footLeg's lowest part
- mantleCovering or wrap
- operculumAnatomical lid structure
siphon · cephalic · sensory · feelers · receptors · retractable · gill · lung
Moving on hands, knees
- footLeg's lowest part
- slime trailMucous path left behind
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
- slow-movingProgressing at low speed
creeping · adhesion · mucus · substrate · climbing · burrowing · movement · pace
Curve winding around center
- conchSpiral-shelled marine gastropod
- whelkMarine gastropod with coiled shell
- cowrieGlossy marine gastropod shell
- abaloneNacreous marine gastropod
nacre · mother-of-pearl · operculum · coiling · whorl · apex · aperture · columella
Shell-less marine gastropod
- nudibranchShell-shedding marine gastropod
- sea hareShell-less marine gastropod
- sea butterflyPelagic gastropod with wings
- limpetRock-gripping marine snail
periwinkle · abalone · conch · whelk · cowrie · tide pool · intertidal · benthic
Edible land snails
- abaloneNacreous marine gastropod
- conchSpiral-shelled marine gastropod
- whelkMarine gastropod with coiled shell
- periwinkleSmall spiral-shelled mollusk
Shelled terrestrial gastropod
- slugNaked terrestrial mollusk
- helixSpiraling three-dimensional curve
- escargotEdible land snails
- garden pestHarmful backyard creature
leaf litter · forest floor · burrow · aestivation · hibernation · detritivore · herbivore · nocturnal
Protective bodily secretion
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- slime trailMucous path left behind
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
- adhesiveMaterial that bonds objects
viscous · moisture · glandular · protective · desiccation · gooey · sticky · exudate
Soft unsegmented invertebrate
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- cephalopodTentacled marine mollusk class
- bivalveTwo-shelled mollusk
- classGrouping by shared traits
Freshwater mollusk with spiral shell
- ramshornSpiral-shelled pond snail
- apple snailLarge freshwater aquarium mollusk
- neriteSmall marine mollusk
- streamSteady continuous flow
radula
Mollusk scraping organ
operculum · siphon · cephalic · sensory · feelers · receptors · retractable · gill · lung · ganglion
crawling
Moving on hands, knees
- footLeg's lowest part
- slime trailMucous path left behind
- glidingEngineless aerial movement
slow-moving · creeping · adhesion · mucus · substrate · climbing · burrowing · movement · pace
spiral
Curve winding around center
- conchSpiral-shelled marine gastropod
- whelkMarine gastropod with coiled shell
- cowrieGlossy marine gastropod shell
abalone · nacre · mother-of-pearl · operculum · coiling · whorl · apex · aperture · columella · spire
sea slug
Shell-less marine gastropod
- nudibranchShell-shedding marine gastropod
- sea hareShell-less marine gastropod
- sea butterflyPelagic gastropod with wings
limpet · periwinkle · abalone · conch · whelk · cowrie · tide pool · intertidal · benthic · coral reef
escargot
Edible land snails
land snail
Shelled terrestrial gastropod
garden pest · leaf litter · forest floor · burrow · aestivation · hibernation · detritivore · herbivore · nocturnal
mucus
Protective bodily secretion
- secretionSubstance released by glands
- slime trailMucous path left behind
- lubricantFriction-reducing substance
adhesive · viscous · moisture · glandular · protective · desiccation · gooey · sticky · exudate · viscosity
mollusc
Soft unsegmented invertebrate
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
- cephalopodTentacled marine mollusk class
- bivalveTwo-shelled mollusk
class · order · family · genus · species · phylogeny · evolution
pond snail
Freshwater mollusk with spiral shell
- ramshornSpiral-shelled pond snail
- apple snailLarge freshwater aquarium mollusk
- neriteSmall marine mollusk
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- mollusksclams, mollusk, mollusks, snail, snails
- shelled creaturessnail, turtle, clam, oyster, mussel
- shellsseashells, sea shells, shell, clam, oyster
- fossil mollusksammonite, ammonoid, nautiloid, bivalve, cephalopod