neogastropod
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈɡastrəpɒd/Zoology
noun
A prosobranch gastropod of the order Neogastropoda, comprising marine forms that resemble mesogastropods but which differ from them in having a radula with three teeth to a transverse row and with a siphon carried in a notch in the aperture of the shell.
adjective
Belonging to or characteristic of the order Neogastropoda; of or relating to a neogastropod.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in John Edward Morton (b. 1923). From scientific Latin Neogastropoda, order name from neo- + Gastropoda.