Scaphopoda
掘足綱; 掘足綱
Sca·phop·o·da n. pl. Zool. 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.
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Scaphopoda
n : small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms
comprising the tooth shells [syn: class Scaphopoda]