Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Gastropods

Now that we have gone through cephalopods now we can move on to gastropods. Gastropods are most likely the most known class of mollusk, as it is the class that makes up of snails and slugs. Gastropods (unlike cephalopods) have evolved to live in freshwater and saltwater, as well as on land. Gastropods are the most diverse class out of the mollusk phylum, coming in at about 60,000-80,000 species (second only in diversity to insects). The name gastropod comes from the ancient greek words gastér (stomach) and poús (foot).

Snail:
Sea Slug:

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