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GASTROPODS  

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  • Largest group in the Phylum Mollusca, commonly known as slugs and snails, are extremely diverse species in habitat, feeding and morphology. Characterized by a single, often coiled, shell (although lost in some slug groups), a body that has undergone torsion so the pallial cavity faces forwards and well-developed head bearing a pair of cephalic tentacles (en)

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  • 2017-03-13 14:07:39.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Largest group in the Phylum Mollusca, commonly known as slugs and snails, are extremely diverse species in habitat, feeding and morphology. Characterized by a single, often coiled, shell (although lost in some slug groups), a body that has undergone torsion so the pallial cavity faces forwards and well-developed head bearing a pair of cephalic tentacles language code: en);

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