Gastropoda[2] (gastropus[3] -podis, n.), seu Gasteropoda, seu Univalvia, sunt magna et felix classis intra phylumMollusca, 60–75 milium specierum exstantibus. Haec classis animalia comprehendit magnitudinis microscopicae ad maiorem.
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