scaly-foot gastropod

noun

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  1. A marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in…

    A marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. It has a foot armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites.

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