Scaphopda


(n. pl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha.



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Podoscaph   Scaphander   Scaphism   Scaphite   Scaphocephalic   Scaphocephaly   Scaphocerite   Scaphognathite   Scaphoid   Scapholunar