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Taxon: Class
Gastropoda
Cuvier, 1795
- snails and slugs
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Protostomia
............................Lophotrochozoa - lophotrochozoans
..............................Spiralia - spiralians
................................Trochozoa - trochozoans
..................................Phylum Mollusca - molluscs
....................................Subphylum Conchifera
......................................Ganglioneura
........................................Pleistomollusca
..........................................Class Bivalvia - bivalves
..........................................Class †Rostroconchia
..........................................(Bivalvia)
..........................................(Gastropoda)
..........................................Class Gastropoda - snails and slugs
............................................Genus Dahlakia
............................................Family †Anomphalidae
............................................Family †Codonocheilidae
............................................Family †Crassimarginatidae
............................................Family †Holopeidae
............................................Family †Isospiridae
............................................Family †Opisthonematidae
............................................Family †Paraturbinidae
............................................Family †Planitrochidae
............................................Family †Pragoserpulinidae
............................................Family †Pseudophoridae
............................................Family †Raphistomatidae
............................................Family †Rhytidopilidae
............................................Family †Scoliostomatidae
............................................Family †Sinuopeidae
............................................Superfamily †Clisospiroidea
............................................Superfamily †Euomphaloidea
............................................Superfamily †Loxonematoidea
............................................Superfamily †Macluritoidea
............................................Superfamily †Ophiletoidea
............................................Superfamily †Straparollinoidea
............................................Superfamily †Trochonematoidea
............................................Subclass †Archaeobranchia
............................................Subclass †Dextrobranchia
............................................Subclass †Divasibranchia
............................................Subclass Eogastropoda
............................................Subclass Orthogastropoda
............................................»Genus †Viriatella
............................................»Order Anaspidea - sea hares
............................................»Order Cephalaspidea
............................................»Order Nudibranchia - "true" nudibranchs
............................................»Order Patellogastropoda
............................................»Order Rhodopemorpha
............................................»Order Sacoglossa - sacoglossans
............................................(Order Acochlidea)
............................................(Order Caenogastropoda)
............................................(Order Cocculiniformia)
............................................(Order Gymnosomata) - naked pteropods
............................................(Order Neotaenioglossa)
............................................(Order Neritoida)
............................................(Order Notaspidea)
............................................(Order Thecosomata) - shelled pteropods
............................................(Subclass Euthyneura)
............................................(Subclass Heterobranchia)
............................................(Subclass Opisthobranchia) - opisthobranchs
............................................(Subclass Opisthopneumona)
............................................(Subclass Prosobranchia) - prosobranchs
............................................(Subclass Pulmonata) - land snails and slugs
............................................(Subclass Streptoneura)
............................................(opisthobranchs)
............................................(prosobranchs)
............................................(pulmonates)
............................................»(Order Heterostropha)
............................................»(Order Neomphalida)
............................................»(Order Opisthobranchia)
............................................»(Order Pulmonata)
............................................»(Eogastropoda)
............................................»(Orthogastropoda)
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Late Cambrian
-
Present
Ref:
L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982
: 208
Geography
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Cosmopolitan
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Africa
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Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
Ecology
Nutritional category
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Herbivore
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Freshwater
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Feeding strategy
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Deposit feeding
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Grazing predation
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Raptorial predation
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Scavenging
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Suspension feeding
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012