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The gastropod shell is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as the aperture, which provides further protection. The study of mollusc shells is known as conchology. The biological study of gastropods, and other molluscs in general, is malacology. Shell morphology terms vary by species group. An excellent source for terminology of the gastropod shell is "How to Know the Eastern Land Snails" by John B. Burch now freely available at the Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Hyperaulax ridleyi is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Odontostomidae.
Conus xanthicus, common name the Guaymas cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Choristella tenera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Choristellidae.
Choristella leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Choristellidae.
Choristella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Choristellidae.
Ancistrobasis reticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.
Asthelys munda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.
Calliotropis glypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.
Solariella obscura, common name the obscure solarelle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Scutalus mariopenai is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bulimulidae.
Phanerolepida transenna is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Crosseola striata is a species of small sea snail or micromollusc, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conradiidae.
Lirularia succincta, common name the tucked lirularia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Solariella tavernia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.
Macrarene californica, common name the Californian liotia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.
Asthelys simplex is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.
Basilissa superba is a species of extremely small deep water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seguenziidae.
Bathyliotina lamellosa, commonly known as the spiny wheel shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Liotiidae.
Gibbula rifaca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
References
- ↑ Choristella hickmanae McLean, 1992 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
- ↑ California Malacozoological Society; Society, California Malacozoological; Club, Northern California Malacozoological (1958). The veliger. Berkeley, CA: California Malacozoological Society.
- McLean J.H. (1992). Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Archeogastropoda: Lepetellacea) with descriptions of new species. The Veliger 35(4): 273-294
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