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Gastropoda

Known as: Gastropod, Gastropodas, Gastropods 
A class in the phylum MOLLUSCA comprised of SNAILS and slugs. The former have coiled external shells and the latter usually lack shells.
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Mollusca

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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Global diversity of gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in freshwater
The world’s gastropod fauna from continental waters comprises ∼4,000 valid described species and a minimum of 33–38 independent… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Middle Stone Age Shell Beads from South Africa
There are two competing models for the emergence of modern human behavior: first, a late emergence in Africa or Eurasia at ∼50 to… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Nanoscale Structural and Mechanical Characterization of a Natural Nanocomposite Material: The Shell of Red Abalone
Nanoscale structural and mechanical characterization of the shell of a red abalone has been carried out. Cobble-like polygonal… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
GSK-3-selective inhibitors derived from Tyrian purple indirubins.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Lagrangian descriptions of marine larval dispersion
Many marine organisms are sedentary as adults and are redistributed between genera- tions by the oceanic transport of planktonic… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The use of biomarkers to assess the impact of pollution in coastal environments of the Iberian Peninsula: a practical approach.
Review
1997
Review
1997
Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters
Abstract Morphological (including ultrastructural) and developmental characters utilized in recent literature are critically… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Background and Mass Extinctions: The Alternation of Macroevolutionary Regimes
Comparison of evolutionary patterns among Late Cretaceous marine bivalves and gastropods during times of normal, background… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The biochemistry of memory: a new and specific hypothesis.
Recent studies have uncovered a synaptic process with properties required for an intermediate step in memory storage. Calcium… 
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