# Outline of gastropods

This outline is provided as an overview of, and organized list of articles relevant to, the subject of gastropods (snails and slugs):
Gastropod – any member of the class Gastropoda, which includes slugs and snails.

## What type of things are gastropods?

Gastropods can be considered to be, or viewed as, the following:
* Natural resource
** Organisms
*** Animals –
**** Invertebrates
***** Molluscs
*** Seafood

## Types of gastropods

* marine gastropod
** sea snail
** sea slug
* non-marine gastropod
** freshwater gastropod = all are freshwater snails (with very few exceptions)
*** freshwater snail
** terrestrial gastropod = terrestrial mollusc
*** land snail
*** land slug
*** semi-slug

## Taxonomy

* Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Ponder & Lindberg, 1997)
* Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
* Changes in the taxonomy of gastropods since 2005
* List of gastropods described in the 2000s
* List of gastropods described in 2010
* List of gastropods described in 2011
* List of gastropods described in 2012 - 2012 in molluscan paleontology#Newly named gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2013 - 2013 in paleomalacology#Gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2014 - 2014 in molluscan paleontology#Newly named gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2015 - 2015 in molluscan paleontology#Gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2016 - 2016 in molluscan paleontology#Gastropods
* List of gastropods described in 2017 - 2017 in paleomalacology#Gastropods

## Biology of gastropods

* malacology
** conchology
* malacologist – List of malacologists

## Gastropod anatomy

* mollusc shell, seashell
** gastropod shell, conch, conch (instrument)
*** protoconch
*** apex (mollusc)
*** spire (mollusc)
**** planispiral
**** sculpture (mollusc)
***** lira (mollusc)
***** varix (mollusc)
*** columella (gastropod)
*** aperture (mollusc)
**** lip (gastropod)
**** anal sulcus
**** mentum
**** parietal callus
**** plait (gastropod)
**** siphonal canal
**** siphonal notch
**** stromboid notch
*** umbilicus (mollusc)
**** callus (mollusc)
*** periostracum
*** selenizone
*** clausilium
*** operculum (gastropod)
*** epiphragm
* mantle (mollusc) and mantle cavity
* body wall
** propodium
** caudal mucous pit
** nidamental gland
** Parapodium#Gastropod parapodia
** Semper's organ
** suprapedal gland
** snail slime
* sensory organs of gastropods
** caryophyllidia
** Hancock's organ
** osphradium
** rhinophore
* nervous system of gastropods
** euthyneury
** streptoneury
** torsion (gastropod)
* digestive system of gastropods
** proboscis#Gastropods
** radula
** odontophore
** hepatopancreas = digestive gland
*** diverticulum (mollusc)
** style (zoology)
* Respiratory system of gastropods
** ctenidium (mollusc)
** cerata
*** cnidosac
** pneumostome
** siphon (mollusc)
* circulatory system of gastropods
* excretory system of gastropods
** pseudofeces
* reproductive system of gastropods
** apophallation
** Love dart
** number of other genital structures: reproductive system of gastropods#Genital structures

## Life cycle

* mating of gastropods
* trochophore
* veliger
* estivation
* hibernation

## Gastropods according to conservation status

* List of recently extinct molluscs#Gastropods
* List of extinct in the wild animals#Molluscs
* List of critically endangered molluscs#Gastropods
* List of endangered molluscs#Gastropods
* List of vulnerable molluscs#Gastropods
* List of near threatened molluscs#Gastropods
* List of least concern molluscs#Gastropods
* List of data deficient molluscs#Gastropods

## Gastropods as a resource

* List of edible molluscs
* heliciculture
* Pest (organism)#Gastropod molluscs

## Biogeography of gastropods

* biogeography of gastropods

## Lists of marine molluscs by country

* List of marine molluscs of Angola
* List of marine molluscs of Australia
* List of marine molluscs of Brazil
* List of marine molluscs of Chile
* List of marine molluscs of Croatia
* (List of marine molluscs of Ireland)
** List of marine molluscs of Ireland (Gastropoda)
*** List of Nudibranchia of Ireland
* List of marine molluscs of Montenegro
* List of marine molluscs of Mozambique
* List of marine molluscs of New Zealand
* List of marine molluscs of Slovenia
* (List of marine molluscs of South Africa)
** List of marine gastropods of South Africa
*** List of marine heterobranch gastropods of South Africa
* List of marine molluscs of Sri Lanka
* List of marine molluscs of Venezuela

## Terms

* Glossary of gastropod terms