In the scientific literature, gastropods were described as "gasteropodes" by Georges Cuvier in 1795. The word gastropod comes from Greek See more

Gastropods are found in a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, from deep ocean trenches to deserts.
Some of the more familiar and better-known gastropods are See more

Snails are distinguished by an anatomical process known as torsion, where the visceral mass of the animal rotates 180° to one side during development, such that the See more

The diet of gastropods differs according to the group considered. Marine gastropods include some that are herbivores, detritus feeders, predatory carnivores, scavengers, parasites, … See more

At all taxonomic levels, gastropods are second only to insects in terms of their diversity.
Gastropods have the … See more

Courtship is a part of the behavior of mating gastropods with some pulmonate families of land snails creating and utilizing love darts, the throwing of which have been identified as a … See more

Gastropods exhibit an important degree of variation in mitochondrial gene organization when compared to other animals. Main events of gene rearrangement occurred at the origin of Patellogastropoda and Heterobranchia, whereas fewer … See more