Class Gastropoda

Torsion in gastropods
 Subclass Prosobranchia
 Largest group; mostly marine;
operculated; shell spirally-coiled,
cupshaped or tubular; eyes on
tentacles; mantle cavity anteriorly
directed and near the head.
 Exhibit streptoneurous condition of
CNS
 Includes abalones, limpets,
periwinkles, cowries, whelks, top
shells, helmet shells, etc
 Order Archaeogastropoda
With linear series of perforations or slits
With two gills, usually two-chambered
heart
Herbivorous; fertilization external

Fissurella maxima

Haliotis asinine Patella vulgata

Acmaea scutum Trochus radiatus
Turbo marmoratus

Nerita exuvia
Littorina littorea
Tectarius coronatus
 Order Mesogastropoda
 Chiefly marine; usually w/o nacre;
mostly herbivorous; radula with 7
denticles; about 30,000 species
 Gills, kidney and osphradium
displaced to the left side of the body;
wastes discharged to the right side of
the head-foot
 Largest & most diverse order
 Development of internal fertilization
Pomacea canaliculata
 Strombus listeri
Tibia fusus
Strombus gigas

Eyes of Strombus Terebellum terebellum

bulla Lambis truncata

Tibia
insulaechorab
 Vermicularia Architectonica
fargoi purpurata

Turritella
Aletes (Vermetidae)

Vermetus A.
perspectiva
 Cypraea argus
Cypraea talpa

Cypraea tigris
Cypraea eburna

Cypraea arabica
 Ovulidae

Ovula
ovum
Cassidae
Cassis madagascariensis

Charonia
tritonis

Cymatium
pfeifferianum
Ranellidae
 Order Neogastropoda
About 16,000 species; With well-developed
siphonal canal; bipectinate osphradium at
the base of siphon; rachiglossate (rasp-
like) radula (3 denticles in each transverse
row); sexes separate; all marine except
Clea; mostly predators, some Murex pecten
saprophagous
Harpa ventricosa

Chicoreus brunneus
Chicoreus ramosus Harpa articularis
 Oliva Oliva oliva
Oliva O.
elegans aurata
textilina brettinghami

O. fijiana O. rubrolabiata
Oliva oliva O. rufula
longispira

O. tricolor
O. pacifica
O. reticulata palawanensis
 Mitridae Conidae

Mitra mitra Piscivorous feeding

Molluscivorous Vermivorous feeding

feeding
A cone shell's venom apparatus.
B: venom harpoon during application. C: Close up
illustration of a single venom harpoon.
a: Harpoon sac; b: Venom gland (Oesophageal gland); c:
Pharynx; d: Proboscis; e: Siphon; f: Eye stalks (tentacles).
Conus striatus
tentacle

siphon

proboscis
Conus geographus
Conus eburneus
Conus magus
C. striatus

C. textile
Terebra maculata
Subclass Opisthobranchia
With chemosensory organ called rhinophore;
exhibit detorsion; reduction or loss of shell;
gills located behind the heart; hermaphroditic;
mostly marine

Aplysia californica
Hypselodoris bullocki
 Nudibranchia

Chromodoris coi

Chromodoris leopardus

C. magnifica
 Subclass Pulmonata

Radix auricularia
Lymnaea stagnalis

L. caperata
 Sinistral
shells

Chondrus
tournefortianus
Achatina fulica
Helix
pomatia

Helix
aspersa