The class Gastropoda is a diverse and highly successful class of mollusks within the phylum Mollusca. This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. There are many thousands of species of sea snails and slugs, as well as freshwater snails, freshwater limpets, land snails and slugs. (Wikipedia, 2024. Gastropoda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropoda)
Butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid anion that is the conjugate base of butyric acid, obtained by deprotonation of the carboxy group. PubChem CID 104775. (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Butyrate)
Aldehydic parent sugars and their intramolecular hemiacetals. (Adapted from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI). CHEBI:15693 - aldose. https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:15693)
Complex carbohydrates which contain amino sugars and uronic acids, and constitute the mucous secretions of animals. (The nutrition and feeding of farmed fish and shrimp. A training manual, FAO, 1987)