Outline of gastropods

Short description: Overview of and topical guide to gastropods

This outline is provided as an overview of, and organized list of articles relevant to, the subject of gastropods (snails and slugs):

Gastropod - any member of the class Gastropoda, which includes slugs and snails.

## Contents

* 1 What type of things are gastropods?
* 2 Types of gastropods
* 3 Taxonomy
* 4 Biology of gastropods
* 5 Gastropod anatomy
* 6 Life cycle
* 7 Gastropods according to conservation status
* 8 Gastropods as a resource
* 9 Biogeography of gastropods
* 10 Lists of marine molluscs by country
* 11 Lists of non-marine molluscs by country
* 12 Terms

## What type of things are gastropods?

Gastropods can be considered to be, or viewed as, the following:

* Natural resource
* Organisms
* Animals –
* Invertebrates
* Molluscs
* Seafood

## Types of gastropods

* marine gastropod
* sea snail
* sea slug
* non-marine gastropod
* freshwater gastropod = all are freshwater snails (with very few exceptions)
* freshwater snail
* terrestrial gastropod = terrestrial mollusc
* land snail
* land slug
* semi-slug

## Taxonomy

* Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)
* Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
* Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005
* List of gastropods described in the 2000s
* List of gastropods described in 2010
* List of gastropods described in 2011
* List of gastropods described in 2012 - 2012 in molluscan paleontology#Newly named gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2013 - 2013 in paleomalacology#Gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2014 - 2014 in molluscan paleontology#Newly named gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2015 - 2015 in molluscan paleontology#Gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2016 - 2016 in molluscan paleontology#Gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2017 - 2017 in paleomalacology#Gastropods

## Biology of gastropods

* malacology
* conchology
* malacologist – List of malacologists

## Gastropod anatomy

* mollusc shell, seashell
* gastropod shell, conch, conch (instrument)
* protoconch
* apex (mollusc)
* spire (mollusc)
* planispiral
* sculpture (mollusc)
* lira (mollusc)
* varix (mollusc)
* columella (gastropod)
* aperture (mollusc)
* lip (gastropod)
* anal sulcus
* mentum
* parietal callus
* plait (gastropod)
* siphonal canal
* siphonal notch
* stromboid notch
* umbilicus (mollusc)
* callus (mollusc)
* periostracum
* selenizone
* clausilium
* operculum (gastropod)
* epiphragm
* mantle (mollusc) and mantle cavity
* body wall
* propodium
* caudal mucous pit
* nidamental gland
* Parapodium
* Semper's organ
* suprapedal gland
* snail slime
* sensory organs of gastropods
* caryophyllidia
* Hancock's organ
* osphradium
* rhinophore
* nervous system of gastropods
* euthyneury
* streptoneury
* torsion (gastropod)
* digestive system of gastropods
* proboscis#Gastropods
* radula
* odontophore
* hepatopancreas = digestive gland
* diverticulum (mollusc)
* style (zoology)
* Respiratory system of gastropods
* ctenidium (mollusc)
* cerata
* cnidosac
* pneumostome
* siphon (mollusc)
* circulatory system of gastropods
* excretory system of gastropods
* pseudofeces
* reproductive system of gastropods
* apophallation
* Love dart
* number of other genital structures: reproductive system of gastropods#Genital structures

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Gastropod anatomy

Shell|

* Aperture
* Apex
* Body whorl
* Callus
* Columella
* Lip
* Lira
* Nacre
* Periostracum
* Peristome
* Planispiral
* Plait
* Protoconch
* Sculpture
* Selenizone
* Siphonal canal
* Siphonal notch
* Spire
* Stromboid notch
* Suture
* Umbilicus
* Valve
* Varix
* Whorl

Other hard parts|

* Clausilium
* Love dart
* Operculum
* Pearl
* Radula

External soft parts|

* Caryophyllidia
* Caudal mucous pit
* Cerata
* Cnidosac
* Mantle
* Mentum
* Notum
* Parapodium
* Pneumostome
* Rhinophore
* Semper's organ
* Siphon
* Suprapedal gland

Internal soft parts|

* Circulatory system of gastropods
* Crop
* Ctenidium
* Digestive system of gastropods
* Diverticula
* Excretory system of gastropods
* Gastric shield
* Hancock's organ
* Hepatopancreas
* Hypobranchial gland
* Nephridium
* Nervous system of gastropods
* Nidamental gland
* Odontophore
* Oesophageal pouch
* Osphradium
* Reproductive system of gastropods
* Respiratory system of gastropods
* Sensory organs of gastropods

Other|

* Epiphragm
* Pseudofeces
* Torsion
* Circumesophageal nerve ring
* Trochophore
* Tyrian purple
* Veliger

## Life cycle

* mating of gastropods
* trochophore
* veliger
* estivation
* hibernation

## Gastropods according to conservation status

* List of recently extinct molluscs
* List of extinct in the wild animals
* List of critically endangered molluscs
* List of endangered molluscs
* List of vulnerable molluscs
* List of near threatened molluscs
* List of least concern molluscs
* List of data deficient molluscs

## Gastropods as a resource

* List of edible molluscs
* heliciculture

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Commercial mollusks

Marine gastropods|

* Abalone
* Periwinkle
* Whelk
* Buccinum undatum
* Bullacta exarata
* Kelletia kelletii
* Kelletia lischkei

Land and freshwater gastropods|

* Helix pomatia
* Cornu aspersum
* Helix aperta
* Cepaea nemoralis
* Otala lactea
* Escargot

Free-swimming marine bivalves|

* Scallop
* Queen scallop
* Pecten maximus
* Pecten jacobaeus
* Argopecten irradians
* Placopecten magellanicus

Infaunal bivalves|

* Clam
* Atlantic surf clam
* Soft-shell clam
* Mercenaria mercenaria
* Austrovenus stutchburyi
* Saxidomus nuttalli
* Arctica islandica
* Cockle
* Geoduck
* Spisula solidissima
* Paphies ventricosa
* Paphies australis
* Tuatua
* Ruditapes largillierti
* Grooved carpet shell

Sessile bivalves|

* Oyster
* Mussel
* Pearl oyster
* Pinctada maxima

Freshwater bivalves|

* Freshwater pearl mussel

Cephalopods|

* Octopus
* Squid

Techniques|

* Heliciculture
* Gathering by hand
* Clam digging
* Dredging
* Oyster farming
* Oyster boats
* Pearl farming
* Pearl diving
* Ama divers
* Trawling

List of fishing topics by subject

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Edible mollusks

Bivalves|

| Clams|

* Atlantic jackknife
* Atlantic surf
* Geoduck
* Grooved carpet shell
* Hard clam
* Horse
* Mactra stultorum
* Blunt gaper
* Ocean quahog
* Pacific razor
* Venus
* California butterclam
* Senilia senilis
* Smooth clam
* Soft-shell
* Triangle shell
* Tuatua
* Japanese littleneck
* Razor clam
* Pod razor
* Ensis (razor genus)
* Paphies

|

Cockles|

* Common
* Blood
* Goolwa
* New Zealand
* Sydney

Mussels|

* Blue
* Mediterranean
* New Zealand green-lipped
* California
* Brown
* Asian/Philippine green
* Date
* Mytilidae (mussel family)

Oysters|

* Eastern
* Olympia
* Southern mud
* Colchester native
* Pacific
* Portuguese
* Windowpane
* Rock
* Sydney rock
* Ostra chilena/Bluff
* Gillardeau oysters
* Crassostrea ("true oyster" genus)

Scallops|

* Atlantic bay
* Great/king
* New Zealand
* Pecten jacobaeus
* Peruvian calico
* Yesso
* Placopecten magellanicus

Gastropods|

| Abalone|

* White
* Red
* Black
* Green
* Pink
* Blacklip
* Greenlip
* Green ormer
* Paua (group of three species)
* South African abalone
* Chilean

|

Conches|

* Queen
* Elegant
* Dog

Limpets|

* Black-foot opihi/Hawaiian
* Turtle/talc
* Yellow-foot opihi
* China
* Common European
* Rayed Mediterranean
* Ribbed Mediterranean
* Rustic

Periwinkles|

* Common
* Banded
* Littorina sitkana

Whelks|

* Common
* Kellet's
* Kelletia lischkei
* Knobbed
* Lightning
* Channeled

Other snails|

| Sea|

* Mud-flat
* Korean mud
* Chorus giganteus

|

Land|

* Cornu aspersum
* Helix lucorum
* Helix pomatia

Freshwater|

* Apple
* Nerites

Inkfish|

| Cuttlefish|

* Spineless
* Bottletail

|

Octopus|

* Common
* Atlantic white-spotted
* Big blue
* Pacific giant
* Southern red
* Mimic
* Amphioctopus fangsiao

Squid|

* New Zealand arrow
* Japanese flying
* Humboldt
* Neon flying

Chitons|

* Chiton magnificus
* Acanthopleura echinata
* Acanthopleura granulata

Related topics|

* Oyster farming
* Land snail farming
* Gastropod anatomy
* Bivalve anatomy

Category

* Pest (organism)#Gastropod molluscs

## Biogeography of gastropods

* biogeography of gastropods

## Lists of marine molluscs by country

* List of marine molluscs of Angola
* List of marine molluscs of Australia
* List of marine molluscs of Brazil
* List of marine molluscs of Chile
* List of marine molluscs of Croatia
* (List of marine molluscs of Ireland)
* List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Gastropoda)
* List of Nudibranchia of Ireland
* List of marine molluscs of Montenegro
* List of marine molluscs of Mozambique
* List of marine molluscs of New Zealand
* List of marine molluscs of Slovenia
* (List of marine molluscs of South Africa)
* List of marine gastropods of South Africa
* List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa
* List of marine molluscs of Sri Lanka
* List of marine molluscs of Venezuela

## Lists of non-marine molluscs by country

Template:Non-marine molluscs

## Terms

* Glossary of gastropod terms

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