Scaphopoda
掘足
掘足



scaphopoda
[ noun ]
small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells
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Scaphopoda \Sca*phop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat
+ -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.