noun

• A mollusc of the large class Gastropoda, such as a snail, slug, or whelk.

  ‘Sponges are preyed upon by gastropods, polychaetes, asteroids, echinoids, turtles, and fishes.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Included here are the gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods, and other lesser groups, as follows.’
  • ‘The beach sands are dominated by shells of bivalve mollusks, mainly venerids, gastropods, and echinoderms.’
  • ‘The major groups of drilling marine predators include octopods and gastropods.’
  • ‘During this period the gastropods, like the cephalopods, underwent a tremendous evolutionary radiation.’