18.1 Introduction to the Gastropoda

18.1.1 Phylogeny and Classification

18.1.2 Morphology

18.1.2.1 Shell, Operculum and External Body

18.1.2.2 Shell Muscles

18.1.2.3 Operculum

18.1.2.4 Head-Foot

18.1.2.5 Mantle Cavity and Its Organs

18.1.2.6 Digestive System

18.1.2.7 Renopericardial System

18.1.2.8 Reproductive System

18.1.2.9 Nervous System and Sense Organs

18.1.3 Biology, Ecology, and Behaviour

18.1.3.1 Habits and Habitats

18.1.3.2 Locomotion and Behaviour

18.1.3.3 Life History

18.1.3.4 Feeding

18.1.3.5 Associations

18.1.4 Economic Values

18.1.5 Diversity and Fossil History

18.2 The Initial Radiation – Eogastropods and Orthogastropods

18.2.1 Hypothetical Reconstructions

18.2.1.1 A Hypothetical Ancestral Gastropod

18.2.1.2 Eogastropoda

18.2.1.3 Orthogastropoda

18.3 The Lower Groups of Gastropods

18.4 Patellogastropoda (= Docoglossa, Cyclobranchia, Eogastropoda in Part)

18.4.1 Introduction

18.4.2 Phylogeny and Classification

18.4.2.1 Sister Group Relationships

18.4.2.2 Outline of Classification

18.4.3 Morphology

18.4.3.1 Shell and Protoconch

18.4.3.2 Head-Foot, Mantle, and Operculum

18.4.3.3 Mantle Cavity

18.4.3.4 Digestive System

18.4.3.5 Reproductive System

18.4.3.6 Renopericardial System

18.4.3.7 Nervous System and Sense Organs

18.4.4 Biology, Ecology, and Behaviour

18.4.4.1 Habits and Habitats

18.4.4.2 Locomotion and Behaviour

18.4.4.3 Life History

18.4.4.4 Feeding and Diet

18.4.4.5 Associations

18.4.5 Diversity and Fossil History

18.5 Vetigastropoda

18.5.1 Introduction

18.5.2 Phylogeny and Classification

18.5.2.1 Outline of Classification

18.5.2.2 Deep-Sea Enigmas; The Neomphaloidean and Cocculinoidean Taxa

18.5.3 Morphology

18.5.3.1 Shell and Protoconch

18.5.3.2 Head-Foot, Mantle, Operculum, and Locomotion

18.5.3.3 Mantle Cavity

18.5.3.4 Digestive System

18.5.3.5 Reproductive System

18.5.3.6 Renopericardial System

18.5.3.7 Nervous System and Sense Organs

18.5.4 Biology, Ecology, and Behaviour

18.5.4.1 Habits and Habitats

18.5.4.2 Feeding and Diet

18.5.4.3 Life History

18.5.4.4 Associations

18.5.4.5 Behaviour

18.5.5 Diversity and Fossil History

18.6 Neritimorpha (= Neritopsina)

18.6.1 Introduction

18.6.2 Phylogeny and Classification

18.6.2.1 Sister Group Relationships

18.6.2.2 Outline of Classification

18.6.3 Morphology

18.6.3.1 Shell and Protoconch

18.6.3.2 Head-Foot, Mantle, Operculum, and Locomotion

18.6.3.3 Mantle Cavity

18.6.3.4 Digestive System

18.6.3.5 Renopericardial System

18.6.3.6 Reproductive System

18.6.3.7 Nervous System and Sense Organs

18.6.4 Biology and Ecology

18.6.4.1 Habits and Habitats

18.6.4.2 Feeding and Diet

18.6.4.3 Life History

18.6.4.4 Associations

18.6.4.5 Behaviour

18.6.5 Diversity and Fossil History