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Definition of Class scaphopoda
1. Noun. Small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells.
Group relationships: Mollusca, Phylum Mollusca
Member holonyms: Scaphopod
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class scaphopoda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1882)
"class scaphopoda. Shell a hollow cylinder, open at both ends. Head rudimentary ;
toot vermiform, lobulate ; nervous system simplified, resembling that of ..."
2. Structural and Systematic Conchology: An Introduction to the Study of the by George Washington Tryon (1884)
"class scaphopoda, Shell a hollow cylinder, open at both ends. Head rudimentary ;
foot vermiform, lobulate ; nervous system simplified, resembling that of ..."
3. Pottsville Fauna of Ohio by Helen Morningstar (1922)
"... member of Muskingum and Licking counties, c. McArthur member: Jackson County,
Locality 80, c; Vinton County, Locality 84, r. class scaphopoda Genus ..."