Category:Scaphopoda

Sca*phop"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [nl., from gr. -poda.] (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.