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GASTROPODA [15 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Myosotella myosotis
Latin
OBS

A mollusc(order Gastropoda) of the family Ellobiidae.

Key term(s)
  • mouse ear shelled snail
  • mouse eared snail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Myosotella myosotis
Latin
OBS

Mollusque (ordre des gastéropodes) de la famille des Ellobiidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Littorina littorea
Latin
OBS

A snail(Gastropoda) of the family Littorinidae.

OBS

periwinkle: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Littorina littorea
Latin
OBS

Escargot (Gastropoda) de la famille des Littorinidae.

OBS

bigorneau : Nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF, le Bureau de normalisation du Québec et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Philomycus carolinianus
Latin
OBS

A mollusc(order Gastropoda) of the family Philomycidae.

Key term(s)
  • Carolina mantle slug

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Philomycus carolinianus
Latin
OBS

Mollusque (ordre des gastéropodes) de la famille des Philomycidae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Inflectarius inflectus
Latin
Mesodon inflectus
Latin
Polygyra inflecta
Latin
OBS

A mollusc(order Gastropoda) of the family Polygyridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Inflectarius inflectus
Latin
Mesodon inflectus
Latin
Polygyra inflecta
Latin
OBS

Mollusque (ordre des gastéropodes) de la famille des Polygyridae.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Lancidae
Latin
OBS

Class Gastropoda(Snails).

OBS

A freshwater Mollusc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lancidae
Latin
OBS

Classe Gastropoda (Gastéropodes).

OBS

Mollusque d'eau douce.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Appalachina sayana
Latin
OBS

A mollusc(order Gastropoda) of the family Polygyridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Appalachina sayana
Latin
OBS

Mollusque (ordre des gastéropodes) de la famille des Polygyridae.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Allogona townsendiana
Latin
OBS

A mollusc(order Gastropoda) of the family Polygyridae.

Key term(s)
  • Oregon forest-snail

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Allogona townsendiana
Latin
OBS

Mollusque (ordre des gastéropodes) de la famille des Polygyridae.

Spanish

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Record 8 2014-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Cryptomastix devia
Latin
OBS

A mollusc(order Gastropoda) of the family Polygyridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Cryptomastix devia
Latin
OBS

Mollusque (ordre des gastéropodes) de la famille des Polygyridae.

Spanish

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Record 9 2014-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Bulinus globosus
Latin
CONT

Bulinus globosus ... is the intermediate host for Schistosoma haematobium ... which causes urinary schistosomiasis in southern and eastern Africa.

OBS

A mollusc(order Gastropoda) of the family Planorbidae.

OBS

Bulinus globosus: There is no common name for this species of mollusc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Bulinus globosus
Latin
CONT

[...] Bulinus globosus, l'escargot hôte intermédiaire de la schistosomose.

OBS

Mollusque (ordre des gastéropodes) de la famille des Planorbidae.

OBS

Bulinus globosus : Il n'y a pas de nom commun pour désigner cette espèce de mollusques.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

Pertaining to the inside wall of a univalve within the aperture, the broader upper part of the inner lip.

OBS

In zoology(Gastropoda) parietal is generally opposed to columellar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Qui a rapport à la cloison interne de l'ouverture de la coquille des Gastéropodes (Mollusques), plus particulièrement à la partie supérieure interne la plus épaisse.

OBS

Chez les Gastéropodes, pariétal s'oppose généralement à columellaire.

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
DEF

An animal belonging to the Mollusca.

OBS

Mollusca : In present use(mainly following the classification proposed by Cuvier in 1788-1800), a phylum or sub-kingdom of animals, comprising the four classes Gastropoda(limpets, snails, etc.), Scaphopoda(tooth-shells), Cephalopoda(cuttlefish, etc.), and Lamellibranchia(oyster, mussel, etc.) ;the classes Cirrhopoda, Tunicata, and Brachiopoda, included by Cuvier among the Mollusca, are now placed elsewhere, and the Polyzoa have since Cuvier's time been added to the phylum and again removed.

CONT

shellfish: An aquatic animal having a shell, as the oyster and other mollusks and the lobster and other crustaceans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
DEF

Animal invertébré au corps mou.

CONT

Principaux mollusques : Céphalopodes : ammonite, argonaute, baculite, bélemnite, calmar (ou encornet), nautile, poulpe (ou pieuvre), seiche. Gastéropodes : buccin (ou trompette), casque, cérite, cône, doris, escargot (ou hélix, limaçon), fuseau, haliotide (ou ormeau), harpe, janthine, limace, limnée, littorine (ou bigorneau, vignot), mitre, murex (ou rocher), nérinée, nérite, olive, ombrelle, paludine, patelle, planorbe, pleurobranche, porcelaine, pourpre, pupa (ou maillot), strombe, terebellum, testacelle, triton (ou trompette), troque, turbinelle, turbo, turritelle, vermet. Lamellibranches : anodonte, avicule, huître (Ostracés), isocarde, lime, moule, mulette, palourde, pedum, peigne (ou pecten, coquille Saint-Jacques), pétoncle (ou amande de mer), pholade, pinne, praire, solen (ou manche de couteau), spondyle, taret, tridacne (ou bénitier), vénéricarde, vénus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
DEF

Filum extenso de invertebrados, incluyendo babosas, caracoles y otros de cuerpo blando, no segmentado, protegido en parte o totalmente por una concha.

OBS

Comparar con la clase Crustacea.

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Record 12 2005-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Crustaceans
DEF

[Invertebrate Zoology]. The common name for various aquatic invertebrates having a shell (mollusks) or a hard exoskeleton (crustaceans); used to refer to such animals that are edible by humans; e.g., oysters, crabs, and lobsters.

OBS

shellfish :[In accordance with "The Fish Inspection Regulations] means all species of bivalve molluscs of the class Bivalvia and all marine, carnivorous species of the class Gastropoda, either shucked or in the shell, in whole or in part, excluding the adductor muscles of scallops and the meat of geoducks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Crustacés
OBS

mollusques : [Dans la présente loi «Règlement sur l'inspection du poisson»] veut dire les espèces de mollusques bivalves de la classe Bivalvia et les espèces de mollusques carnivores d'origine marine et de la classe Gastropoda, écaillés ou non, entiers ou non, sauf le muscle adducteur des pétoncles et la chair des panopes.

OBS

Dans le domaine de l'alimentation, on parle de «fruits de mer» (en anglais : «seafood»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
  • Crustáceos
CONT

mariscos: Animales marinos invertebrados, y especialmente los crustáceos y moluscos comestibles.

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Record 13 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Paleontology
DEF

A member of the phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda.

CONT

Snails are the commonest gastropods.

OBS

Usually [a gastropod] has a calcareous exoskeleton or shell, which is coiled asymmetrically and has no internal partitions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Animal appartenant à l'embranchement des mollusques et communément caractérisé par une coquille univalve hélicoïdale.

Spanish

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Record 14 2000-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
OBS

Taxonomic information : Class, Gastropoda; Family, Aporrhaidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
OBS

Classe : Gastéropodes; Embranchement : Mollusques.

Key term(s)
  • pied de pélican

Spanish

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Record 15 1977-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[A class of Gastropoda. The animals have] shells symmetrical, non-coiled or planispirally coiled; [the] mantle cavity and gills [are] located in [the] posterior, primitive position.... Cambrian-Permian, Triassic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[Un Amphigastropode est] une forme [très] primitive [de Gastéropode], à symétrie bilatérale.

Spanish

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