scaly-foot gastropod

noun

A marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. It has a foot armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites.

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Meanings

nounscaly-foot gastropod (plural scaly-foot gastropods)

plural scaly-foot gastropods

  1. A marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. It has a foot armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites.

    Synonyms: scaly-foot snail, sea pangolin, volcano snail

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. It has a foot armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites.

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scaly-foot snailsea pangolinvolcano snail
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