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Gastropoda (gastropods, slugs, and snails)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to large. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and sea slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and land slugs.
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Order

Aplysiida (153)
Architaenioglossa (5,344)   (94)   (1)
Cephalaspidea (Bubble snails) (1,730)
Cocculinida (69)
Cycloneritida (2,088)   (15)
Cyrtoneritida (71)
Ellobiida (643)
Lepetellida (1,170)   (24)
Littorinimorpha (17,756)   (315)   (3)
Neogastropoda (Snails) (22,635)   (16)   (2)
Neomphalida (57)   (9)
Nudibranchia (nudibranchs) (2,816)
Pleurobranchida (125)
Pleurotomariida (1,816)
Pteropoda (423)
Runcinida (33)
Seguenziida (988)   (3)
Siphonariida (164)   (1)
Stylommatophora (terrestrial snails and slugs) (26,644)   (487)
Systellommatophora (Snails) (270)   (1)
Trochida (4,350)   (5)
Umbraculida (16)

Family

Abyssochrysidae (10)
Acmaeadae (7)
Acmaeidae (47)
Acochlidiidae (9)
Acroloxidae (66)   (1)
Acteonellidae (95)
Acteoninidae (19)
Aitengidae (3)
Amathinidae (76)
Ampezzanildidae (1)
Amphibolidae (17)
Amphimelaniidae (14)
Anoptychiidae (1)
Anozygidae (1)
Archaeopragidae (1)
Archinacellidae (49)
Architectonicidae (257)
Asperspinidae (5)
Bathyhedylidae (1)
Batillariidae (89)   (1)
Bellerophontidae (434)
Brachytrematidae (15)
Bucaniidae (194)
Bulinidae (105)   (2)
Burnupiidae (22)
Campanilidae (29)
Canterburyellidae (1)
Carinopeltidae (9)
Cassianebalidae (2)
Cassiopidae (20)
Ceritellidae (35)
Cerithiadae (3)
Cerithiidae (400)
Cerithiopsidae (1,154)
Cheeneetnukiidae (5)
Chilinidae (67)
Chuchlinidae (2)
Cimidae (99)
Clisospiridae (27)
Clivunellidae (4)
Codonocheilidae (4)
Coelodiscidae (1)
Coelostylinidae (145)
Coreospiridae (19)
Cornirostridae (33)
Costasiellidae (19)
Craspedostomatidae (28)
Crassimarginatidae (4)
Cryptaulacidae (35)
Cylindrobullinidae (40)
Damilinidae (16)
Dialidae (26)
Diastomatidae (37)
Diozoptyxidae (1)
Discohelicidae (48)
Donaldinidae (37)
Eoacmaeidae (14)
Epitoniidae (511)
Eunerineidae (3)
Euomphalidae (381)
Euphemitidae (102)
Eustomatidae (1)
Glacidorbidae (23)
Globocornidae (1)
Goniasmatidae (62)
Goniospiridae (2)
Gordenellidae (58)
Gyrodidae (23)
Hedylopsidae (3)
Helicotomidae (57)
Hemisinidae (137)   (3)
Hermaeidae (65)
Heterosubulitidae (3)
Hokkaidoconchidae (15)
Holopeidae (137)
Hyalogyrinidae (22)   (1)
Imoglobidae (2)
Ischnoptygmatidae (2)
Isospiridae (6)
Itieriidae (6)
Juliidae (38)
Knightitidae (1)
Kuskokwimiidae (1)
Ladinulidae (2)
Latiidae (4)
Lepetidae (24)
Lepetopsidae (11)
Lesueurillidae (26)
Limapontiidae (79)
Litiopidae (62)
Lophospiridae (287)
Lottiidae (217)
Loxonematidae (206)
Lymnaeidae (705)   (9)
Maclureadae (50)
Maningrididae (1)
Maoraxidae (1)
Mathildidae (222)
Meekospiridae (52)
Melanopsidae (634)   (15)
Metacerithiidae (9)
Micromphalidae (4)
Modulidae (36)
Murchisonellidae (93)
Nacellidae (82)
Neolepetopsidae (16)   (1)
Nerineidae (110)
Nerinellidae (29)
Nerrhenidae (6)
Newtoniellidae (198)
Nodolargenidae (1)
Omalogyridae (70)
Omphalocirridae (14)
Omphalotrochidae (53)
Onychochilidae (37)
Ophiletidae (60)
Orbitestellidae (57)   (1)
Oriostomatidae (115)
Orthonematidae (89)
Oxynoidae (23)
Pachychilidae (420)   (43)
Palaeostylidae (50)
Palaeotrochidae (11)
Palaeozygopleuridae (99)
Paludomidae (197)   (14)
Paraturbinidae (13)
Parhedylidae (21)
Parvaplustridae (4)
Paskentanidae (10)
Patellidae (150)
Pectinodontidae (32)   (1)
Perunelidae (2)
Physidae (280)   (3)
Plakobranchidae (34)
Planaxidae (100)
Planorbidae (800)   (11)
Platyceratidae (360)
Platyhedylidae (3)
Plesiotrochidae (51)
Pleuroceridae (210)   (10)
Plicatusidae (2)
Pollicinidae (2)
Pommerozygiidae (1)
Popenellidae (1)
Potamididae (253)
Pragoscutulidae (3)
Procarinariidae (1)
Procerithiidae (68)
Propupaspiridae (3)
Prostyliferidae (8)
Protoculidae (18)
Provalvatidae (4)
Provannidae (61)   (14)
Pseudomelaniidae (86)
Pseudonerineidae (8)
Pseudozygopleuridae (182)
Pseudunelidae (5)
Pterothecidae (53)
Ptygmatididae (20)
Pycnomphalidae (28)
Pyramidellidae (3,997)   (1)
Raphistomatidae (132)
Rhodopetalidae (8)
Rissoellidae (89)
Rubyspiridae (5)
Scaliolidae (56)
Schartiidae (1)
Scoliostomatidae (7)
Semisulcospiridae (123)   (3)
Settsassiidae (8)
Siliquariidae (75)
Sinuitidae (58)
Sinuopeidae (56)
Soleniscidae (184)
Spanionematidae (2)
Sphaerodomidae (4)
Spirostylidae (20)
Stenothecidae (21)
Stomatellidae (2)
Straparollinidae (28)
Streptacididae (21)
Strobeidae (7)
Stuoraxidae (7)
Subulitidae (78)
Tantulidae (1)
Thiaridae (585)   (5)
Tjaernoeiidae (4)
Trachoecidae (1)
Triphoridae (767)
Trochonematidae (69)
Trypanaxidae (11)
Tubiferidae (5)
Tubinidae (11)
Turritellidae (889)
Valvatidae (39)
Volvatellidae (25)
Xylodisculidae (11)
Yochelcionellidae (28)
Yuopisthonematidae (1)
Zemelanopsidae (3)
Zygopleuridae (79)

Genus

Abrekopsis (1)
Acirsella (2)
Acrospira (1)
Alamirifica (4)
Alciope (2)
Anachronistella (1)
Aphanotaenia (1)
Aremellia (1)
Bactrospira (3)
Balinula (1)
Bathypurpurinopsis (1)
Bernicia (1)
Bicuerda (2)
Bieleraxis (2)
Blodgettinotus (1)
Boreioconus (1)
Boutillieria (2)
Buccinites (2)
Callusaria (1)
Cambretina (1)
Caritoma (1)
Cassianozyga (1)
Cavicypraea (1)
Cenorhytis (1)
Chingua (1)
Chippewaella (1)
Chondrocerithium (1)
Chuchleconus (1)
Coninoda (1)
Cordaspira (1)
Costasphaera (1)
Crassaseila (2)
Crassiscala (2)
Cyclospongia (1)
Dalejeconcha (1)
Dasyostoma (1)
Dimorphotectus (7)
Dzikella (1)
Ederazyga (1)
Elmira (2)
Eocryphispira (1)
Euconodoma (2)
Eurytorus (1)
Euspirocrommium (4)
Extendilabrum (1)
Fibuloptyxis (1)
Flemmingia (1)
Frydatinus (1)
Galericulus (1)
Gentilifulgur (1)
Girvania (1)
Glauconiella (1)
Glyptomaria (1)
Gradiella (12)
Gyroma (1)
Haplospira (1)
Helicites (1)
Helicohedyle (1)
Heterocerithiopsis (1)
Hologyra (17)
Holyneconcha (1)
Idioraphe (5)
Ispharina (2)
Jurassiphorus (1)
Jurilda (1)
Kepinospira (1)
Kitikamispira (16)
Kosorodiscus (1)
Ladinotrochus (1)
Loxolenichnus (1)
Loxotomella (6)
Luoguella (2)
Luoguispira (3)
Masaevia (1)
Mendelia (1)
Michniakia (1)
Microcochlis (2)
Mirochiliticus (1)
Mistostigma (1)
Morgania (2)
Mrhilaia (1)
Multitrochia (1)
Nettersheimia (1)
Nixipileolus (1)
Nodovoluta (1)
Ornollus (1)
Pagonia (1)
Patelloidea (1)
Periaulax (1)
Permoplanorboidea (1)
Peruniscus (4)
Peverilia (1)
Platyostomella (1)
Pleuratella (1)
Pommerozygia (1)
Prisconatica (2)
Proceraedis (2)
Provermicularia (3)
Pseudoglauconia (1)
Pseudoplagiothyra (1)
Pseudoplocezyga (1)
Pterocheilos (1)
Ptychogyra (1)
Punctospira (1)
Purkynespira (2)
Pyrazisinus (5)
Rhabdoconcha (4)
Rigauxia (1)
Rugatiscala (2)
Rugoplanorboidella (1)
Sassella (2)
Serpulopsis (1)
Siluracmaea (1)
Sinkiangodiscus (1)
Siphonophyla (2)
Sohlitella (1)
Strianematina (1)
Striatiscala (2)
Stuorilda (1)
Suprazonalia (1)
Tectospira (1)
Thoralispira (2)
Tiaracerithium (1)
Tomaszoviella (2)
Triadodiscus (1)
Triadoskenea (1)
Triassocirrus (4)
Tribelopoma (1)
Tritonophon (3)
Trochifusus (3)
Trochilites (1)
Trochotremaria (1)
Trophosycon (4)
Tubospirina (1)
Tumidosipho (1)
Tumulus (1)
Turbocalyptraea (1)
Ueckerconulus (1)
Undiscala (4)
Vasculum (1)
Vayssieria (1)
Vitrinellops (1)
Wellingtonia (1)
Zardinicirrus (1)
Zinolia (1)
Zlichovia (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0