\Sca*phop"*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat +
-poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.