Biology: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.

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

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

• 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

Terms

• Glossary of gastropod terms