gastéropodecommon nounSyllable DecompositiongastéropodeEtymologyexpandfrom gastero- and -pod: "who walks on their belly".Definition1. A member of a large class of mollusks in the phylum Mollusca, which have become asymmetrical due to the twisting and coiling of their visceral mass, whose head bears tentacles with eyes and a radula, whose foot is flattened into a ventral creeping sole, whose mantle is dorsal, and whose shell, if present, is univalve.zoologieexpandLa taxinomie des gastéropodes a été complètement remaniée depuis la nouvelle classification proposée en 1997 par Ponder & Lindberg sur des bases phylogénétiques.PluralgastéropodesTranslationsenglish:gastropodspanish:gasterópodoitalian:gasteropode