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Snails  

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  • as animal and food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate with SHELLFISH

Scope note

  • Marine, freshwater, or terrestrial mollusks of the class Gastropoda. Most have an enclosing spiral shell, and several genera harbor parasites pathogenic to man.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012908

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