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The largest, and heaviest, gastropod is called Syrinx aruanus. Also known as Australian Trumpet.
It can grow op to 91cm and weigh up to 18kg. We know very little about the species because we haven't studied them properly because of their rarity due to over-fishing in the past.
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Do gastropods have predators?
Gastropods (literally stomach foot), or slugs and snails, are eaten by such creatures as thrushes (which smash them onto rocks). Frogs are one of the main predators for slugs and snails, but beetles, hedgehogs and shrews will all eat them - to name just a few.
What kinds of mollusks are there?
The three major groups of mollusk are Gastropods, Bivalves, and Cephlapods.
How are conk shells made?
Conch shells, like most all shells, are formed biologically by gastropods. The process happens through the absorption of calcium carbonate from seawater.
How does gastropods function in an ecosystem?
Marine gastropods include some that are herbivores, detritus feeders, predatory carnivores, scavengers, parasites, and also a few ciliary feeders, in which the radula is reduced or absent. In some species which have evolved into endoparasites, such as Parenteroxenos doglieli, many of the standard gastropod features are strongly reduced or absent. A few sea slugs are herbivores and some are carnivores. Many have distinct dietary preferences and regularly occur in close association with their food species. Some predatory carnivorous gastropods include, for example: Cone shells, Testacella, Daudebardia, Ghost slug and others. (Wikipedia)For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Wikipedia) indicated directly below this answer section.
What is the biggest rope?
the biggest rope you have
Are snail worms?
No, snails are gastropods.
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
How do gastropods function as decomposers?
How do gastropods circulate?
Gastropods have an open circulatory system. Check related links.
If a slug have no shell are they gastropods or cephalopods?
Slugs are gastropods. All slugs are shell-less.
Is a snail an insect and why?
No, they are gastropods; animals that grow their homes.
Are gastropods extinct?
No.Don't you realize that gastropods are snails and slugs and such?If I'm right, none of those are extinct.
What is the circulation of gastropods?
Gastropods have a closed-circulation because it has ventricles that carry blood throughout it's body.
What order to gastropods belong to?
Gastropods belong to the class Gastropoda, which is a class of mollusks. They are characterized by their single, coiled shell (in most species) and their distinctive method of locomotion known as crawling on a broad, muscular foot.
If snails are not mammals what are they?
Gastropods.
Where do Gastropods live?
the ocean
What is torsion in gastropods?
Torsion
Is a sand dollar a gastropod?
Sand dollars are not gastropods. Gastropods are charecterized by having a soft body with or without shell. Gastropods comes under phylum mollusca and sand dollars comes under phylum echinodermata.
