A class of mollusks characterized by a large flat muscular foot on which they crawl about, and, where a shell is present, it is a rounded or conical spirally coiled shell in one piece.
The following taxa of this class occur in the region:
Subclass Opistobranchia (Shell-less snails)
Subclass Prosobranchia (Snails)
Strombus gigas (Queen conch)
Strombus costatus (Milk conch)
Strombus raninus (Hawkwing conch)
Charonia variegata (Atlantic triton's trumpet)
Cymatium aquatile (Atlantic hairy triton)
Cassis flammea (Flame helmet)
Oliva reticularis (Netted olive)
Astraea tecta (West Indian star-shell)
Cerithium litteratum (Stocky cerith)
Niveria pediculus (Coffee bean trivia)
Luria cinerea (Atlantic gray cowrie)
Cyphoma gibbosum (Flamingo tongue)
Vermicularia knorrii (Wormsnail)
Aplysia dactylomela (Spotted sea hare)
Tridachia crispata (Lettuce sea slug)