scaly-foot gastropod

English

Noun

scaly-foot gastropod (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

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