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by georges cuvier in 1795. [2] the word "gastropod" derives from the ancient greek gaster ("stomach") and pous ("foot"), a reference to the fact that the animals' "foot" is positioned below its guts. [6] the earlier name univalve means "one valve" or shell, in contrast to bivalve applied to other molluscs
gastropod species can be ascertained from estimates of the number of described species of mollusca with accepted names: about 85,000 (minimum 50,000, maximum 120,000). [8] but an estimate of the total number of mollusca, including undescribed species, is about 240,000 species. [9] the estimate of 85,000 molluscs...
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