Gastropods

 

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Sea Slugs

Gastropod means belly footed, this referring to the wide foot on which the animals in this group move. Gastropods are a group with a diverse range of forms, most of them having a shell into which they can retreat into when under threat.

Evolution in some species such as the sea slugs has led to the reduction of the shell to a small internal remnant or even completely lost. It is impossible to characterise gastropods as a whole due to their diversity, instead this has to done with more closely related species.

 


 


 


 


 


PERIWINKLES

 

LIMPETS

 

WHELKS

 

TOP SHELLS

 

COWRIES


 


 


 


 


Periwinkles

 

Limpets

 

Whelks

 

Top Shells

 

Cowries


 


 


 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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