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Edible molluscs are harvested from saltwater, freshwater, and the land, and include numerous members of the classes Gastropoda (snails), Bivalvia (clams, scallops, oysters etc.), Cephalopoda (octopus and squid), and Polyplacophora (chitons). Many species of molluscs are eaten worldwide, either cooked or raw.
The Socorro springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis neomexicana, is an endangered species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. This tiny snail previously inhabited a small group of thermal springs in the State of New Mexico, USA. Its ...
Fresh seafood on sale in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The following is a list of types of seafood. Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans. It prominently includes shellfish, and roe. Shellfish include various species of molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms.
The non-marine molluscs of India are a part of the molluscan fauna of India. There are 5070 species of marine and non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. [1] There are 3371 species of marine molluscs in India. [2] There are 1671 species of non-marine molluscs living in the wild in India. This includes 1488 terrestrial species in 140 ...
Gastropoda (previously known as univalves and sometimes spelled "Gasteropoda") are a major part of the phylum Mollusca, and are the most highly diversified class in the phylum, with 65,000 to 80,000 [3] [4] living snail and slug species.
The great majority of shelled gastropods or snails have a shell in one part, hence the older name "univalve". The gastropod operculum , when present, even when it is composed mostly of calcium carbonate , is not considered to be a valve.
Haliotis asinina, common name the ass's-ear abalone, is a fairly large species of sea snail, a tropical gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone, also known as ormers or pāua. Both the common name and the scientific name are based on the shape of the shell, which is long, narrow and curved, resembling the shape of a donkey's ear.
Five views of a shell of Pomacea paludosa. This species is the largest freshwater gastropod native to North America. [3]The shell is globose in shape. The whorls are wide, the spire is depressed, and the aperture is narrowly oval. [3]