aulacopod

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”) +‎ -pod.

Adjective

aulacopod (not comparable)

1. (biology) Having a pair of parapodial grooves so that the ciliated sole extends above the foot margin.
   • 1974, Alan Solem, The Shell Makers: Introducing Mollusks, page 212:

     It is only in the aulacopod land snails that there is a great diversity of shelled snails, slugs, and a wild variety of intermediates

   • 1999, Fauna of New Zealand - Issue 38, page 21:

     Webb (J 96l a) thought the aulacopod condition better adapted to burrowing in soil and the holopod condition, with less pronounced grooves, more dry-adapted.

   • 2001, G. M. Barker, The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs, →ISBN, page 90:

     In an analysis of pallial and foot character evolution in Stylomatophora, Baker (1955) concluded that the ancestors of the Sigmurethra probably had, among other features, an aulacopod foot.