Outline of gastropods

This outline is provided as an overview of, and organized list of articles relevant to, the subject of gastropods (snails and slugs):

Gastropod – any member of the class Gastropoda, which includes slugs and snails.

What type of things are gastropods?
Gastropods can be considered to be, or viewed as, the following:


 * Natural resource
 * Organisms
 * Animals –
 * Invertebrates
 * Molluscs
 * Seafood

Types of gastropods

 * marine gastropod
 * sea snail
 * sea slug
 * non-marine gastropod
 * freshwater gastropod = all are freshwater snails (with very few exceptions)
 * freshwater snail
 * terrestrial gastropod = terrestrial mollusc
 * land snail
 * land slug
 * semi-slug

Taxonomy

 * Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)
 * Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
 * Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005
 * List of gastropods described in the 2000s
 * List of gastropods described in 2010
 * List of gastropods described in 2011
 * List of gastropods described in 2012 - 2012 in molluscan paleontology
 * List of gastropods described in 2013 - 2013 in paleomalacology
 * List of gastropods described in 2014 - 2014 in molluscan paleontology
 * List of gastropods described in 2015 - 2015 in molluscan paleontology
 * List of gastropods described in 2016 - 2016 in molluscan paleontology
 * List of gastropods described in 2017 - 2017 in paleomalacology

Biology of gastropods

 * malacology
 * conchology
 * malacologist – List of malacologists

Gastropod anatomy

 * mollusc shell, seashell
 * gastropod shell, conch, conch (instrument)
 * protoconch
 * apex (mollusc)
 * spire (mollusc)
 * planispiral
 * sculpture (mollusc)
 * lira (mollusc)
 * varix (mollusc)
 * columella (gastropod)
 * aperture (mollusc)
 * lip (gastropod)
 * anal sulcus
 * mentum
 * parietal callus
 * plait (gastropod)
 * siphonal canal
 * siphonal notch
 * stromboid notch
 * umbilicus (mollusc)
 * callus (mollusc)
 * periostracum
 * selenizone
 * clausilium
 * operculum (gastropod)
 * epiphragm
 * mantle (mollusc) and mantle cavity
 * body wall
 * propodium
 * caudal mucous pit
 * nidamental gland
 * Parapodium
 * Semper's organ
 * suprapedal gland
 * snail slime
 * sensory organs of gastropods
 * caryophyllidia
 * Hancock's organ
 * osphradium
 * rhinophore
 * nervous system of gastropods
 * euthyneury
 * streptoneury
 * torsion (gastropod)
 * digestive system of gastropods
 * proboscis
 * radula
 * odontophore
 * hepatopancreas = digestive gland
 * diverticulum (mollusc)
 * style (zoology)
 * Respiratory system of gastropods
 * ctenidium (mollusc)
 * cerata
 * cnidosac
 * pneumostome
 * siphon (mollusc)
 * circulatory system of gastropods
 * excretory system of gastropods
 * pseudofeces
 * reproductive system of gastropods
 * apophallation
 * Love dart
 * number of other genital structures: reproductive system of gastropods

Life cycle

 * mating of gastropods
 * trochophore
 * veliger
 * estivation
 * hibernation

Gastropods according to conservation status

 * List of recently extinct molluscs
 * List of extinct in the wild animals
 * List of critically endangered molluscs
 * List of endangered molluscs
 * List of vulnerable molluscs
 * List of near threatened molluscs
 * List of least concern molluscs
 * List of data deficient molluscs

Gastropods as a resource

 * List of edible molluscs
 * heliciculture


 * Pest (organism)

Biogeography of gastropods

 * biogeography of gastropods

Lists of marine molluscs by country

 * List of marine molluscs of Angola
 * List of marine molluscs of Australia
 * List of marine molluscs of Brazil
 * List of marine molluscs of Chile
 * List of marine molluscs of Croatia
 * (List of marine molluscs of Ireland)
 * List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Gastropoda)
 * List of Nudibranchia of Ireland
 * List of marine molluscs of Montenegro
 * List of marine molluscs of Mozambique
 * List of marine molluscs of New Zealand
 * List of marine molluscs of Slovenia
 * (List of marine molluscs of South Africa)
 * List of marine gastropods of South Africa
 * List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa
 * List of marine molluscs of Sri Lanka
 * List of marine molluscs of Venezuela

Terms

 * Glossary of gastropod terms