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The 12 pages that link to Gastropod shell, each with the reason it gives.

• GastropodaBroader topic: Shells are a familiar feature, though several gastropod lineages have reduced or lost them.

• Hermit crabRelated: The shell shelters the crab’s vulnerable abdomen and must be replaced as it grows.

• GastropodBroader topic: Its growth and coiling reflect the animal's anatomy and life history.

• HelicidaeRelated: The coiled shell is a conspicuous feature used to identify and compare helicid species.

• Sea snailBroader topic: Its growth and shape are defining features of many sea snails.

• Lissachatina fulicaRelated: The snail’s large, conical shell protects its body and records growth.

• Mollusc shellBroader topic: Its coiling and aperture differ from the two-valve construction of bivalve shells.

• TurritellidaeRelated: Its tall, tightly coiled form gives turret snails their characteristic silhouette.

• CharoniaRelated: Its robust, often ornamented shell gives Charonia its trumpet-shell name.

• Helix pomatiaRelated: Its thick, globular shell protects the snail and bears a distinctive aperture.

• TurridaeRelated: Shell shape and sculpture historically supplied many characters for sorting turrids.

• WentletrapRelated: Its coiled shell bears the ribs that give many wentletraps their distinctive appearance.