Gastropoda
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Gastropoda is a large and diverse class of mollusks that includes snails and slugs, characterized by a muscular foot and often a coiled shell.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gastropoda canonical | 8 |
| Patellogastropoda | 1 |
| Pulmonata | 1 |
| Pulmonata (historical concept) | 1 |
| Pulmonata (historical grouping) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T802159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gastropoda Context triple: [Mollusca, includesClass, Gastropoda]
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A.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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B.
Lophotrochozoa
Lophotrochozoa is a major clade of protostome animals that includes diverse groups such as annelid worms, mollusks, and brachiopods, united by shared developmental and molecular characteristics.
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C.
Annelida
Annelida is a phylum of segmented worms that includes earthworms, leeches, and many marine worms characterized by their ring-like body segments.
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D.
Echinodermata
Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates that includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, characterized by radial symmetry and a water vascular system.
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E.
Sabellian
Sabellian is an extinct group of Italic languages once spoken in ancient central and southern Italy, related to but distinct from Latin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gastropoda Target entity description: Gastropoda is a large and diverse class of mollusks that includes snails and slugs, characterized by a muscular foot and often a coiled shell.
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A.
Mollusca
Mollusca is a large and diverse phylum of invertebrate animals that includes snails, clams, squids, and octopuses, typically characterized by soft bodies often protected by a hard shell.
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B.
Lophotrochozoa
Lophotrochozoa is a major clade of protostome animals that includes diverse groups such as annelid worms, mollusks, and brachiopods, united by shared developmental and molecular characteristics.
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C.
Annelida
Annelida is a phylum of segmented worms that includes earthworms, leeches, and many marine worms characterized by their ring-like body segments.
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D.
Echinodermata
Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates that includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, characterized by radial symmetry and a water vascular system.
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E.
Sabellian
Sabellian is an extinct group of Italic languages once spoken in ancient central and southern Italy, related to but distinct from Latin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | class of molluscs ⓘ |
| hasBodyPlan |
shell reduced or absent in many slugs
ⓘ
univalve shell in many species ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
asymmetrical body
ⓘ
distinct head region ⓘ mantle cavity ⓘ muscular foot ⓘ often coiled shell ⓘ radula for feeding ⓘ tentacles with sensory organs ⓘ torsion during development ⓘ |
| hasCirculatorySystem | open circulatory system ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
agricultural pest in some species
ⓘ
food source for humans ⓘ source of shells for ornament and trade ⓘ |
| hasFeedingType |
carnivorous
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detritivorous ⓘ herbivorous ⓘ omnivorous ⓘ |
| hasFossilRecordFrom | Cambrian period ⓘ |
| hasHabitat |
freshwater environments
ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ |
| hasModernClade |
Caenogastropoda
ⓘ
Heterobranchia ⓘ Neritimorpha ⓘ Patellogastropoda ⓘ
linked to:
Gastropoda
Vetigastropoda ⓘ |
| hasNervousSystem | ganglionated nervous system ⓘ |
| hasReproduction |
egg-laying
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external fertilization in some species ⓘ internal fertilization in many species ⓘ sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| hasRespiration |
gills in aquatic species
ⓘ
lung-like pallial cavity in many terrestrial species ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Opisthobranchia (historical grouping)
ⓘ
Prosobranchia (historical grouping) ⓘ Pulmonata (historical grouping) ⓘ
linked to:
Gastropoda
|
| includes |
abalones
ⓘ
land snails ⓘ limpets ⓘ marine snails ⓘ nudibranchs ⓘ periwinkles ⓘ sea slugs ⓘ slugs ⓘ snails ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| phylum | Mollusca ⓘ |
| playsEcologicalRole |
bioeroder of substrates
ⓘ
prey for many animals ⓘ primary consumer ⓘ |
| superclass | Conchifera ⓘ |
| taxonRank | class ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gastropoda Description of subject: Gastropoda is a large and diverse class of mollusks that includes snails and slugs, characterized by a muscular foot and often a coiled shell.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gastropoda
linked to: Gastropoda
linked to: Gastropoda
linked to: Gastropoda