Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Mollusca (Snails, Slugs, Clams, Octopus, Squids, etc.)
Class – Gastropoda
Terrestrial Mollusca (144 species)
Gastropods have:
- a coiled shell – slugs and nudibranchs have lost their shells
- a muscular foot secretes mucus on which to glide
- a larval stage that undergoes torsion – a 180 degree twist
- asymmetrical bodies
- a pair of stalked eyes