Class Gastropoda
(gastropods, slugs, and snails)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

• Parent taxa
  
  
  
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  Phylum Mollusca (mollusks)
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  Class Gastropoda (gastropods, slugs, and snails)
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  Subclass Opisthobranchia (opisthobranchs)
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  Order Acochlidioidea
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  Order Anaspidea
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  Order Cephalaspidea
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  Order Gymnosomata
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  Order Notaspidea
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  Order Nudibranchia (nudibranchs)
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  Order Sacoglossa
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  Order Soleolifera
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  Order Thecosomata
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  Subclass Pulmonata
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  Order Archaeopulmonata
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  Order Basommatophora
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  Order Stylommatophora (terrestrial snails and slugs)
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  Order Systellommatophora
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  Order Heterostropha
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  Order Neotaenioglossa
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  Order Patellogastropoda
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  Subclass Prosobranchia
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  Order Mesogastropoda
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  Order Neogastropoda
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  Order Archaeogastropoda
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  Order Architaenioglossa
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  Family Enteroxenidae
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  Order Entomotaeniata
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  Order Neritopsina
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  Order Rhodopemorpha