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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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Review
2015
Review
2015
Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps
Carbonate communities: The activity of anaerobic methane oxidizing microbes facilitates precipitation of vast quantities of… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Volcanic carbon dioxide vents show ecosystem effects of ocean acidification
The atmospheric partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) will almost certainly be double that of pre-industrial levels by 2100… 
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
DNA Barcoding: Error Rates Based on Comprehensive Sampling
DNA barcoding has attracted attention with promises to aid in species identification and discovery; however, few well-sampled… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Digital selection and analogue amplification coexist in a cortex-inspired silicon circuit
Digital circuits such as the flip-flop use feedback to achieve multi-stability and nonlinearity to restore signals to logical… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The use of biomarkers to assess the impact of pollution in coastal environments of the Iberian Peninsula: a practical approach.
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… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The Mesozoic marine revolution: evidence from snails, predators and grazers
Tertiary and Recent marine gastropods include in their ranks a complement of mechanically sturdy forms unknown in earlier epochs… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Voltage clamp studies of a transient outward membrane current in gastropod neural somata
1. Outward directed membrane currents have been studied in voltage clamp experiments on isolated neural somata of the marine… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Food habits of reef fishes of the West Indies
The stomach contents of 5,526 specimens of 212 species of reef and inshore fishes representing 60 families were analyzed. Most of… 
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