Snails and Slugs: Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda. The Class Gastropoda (in Phylum Mollusca) includes the groups pertaining to snails and slugs. The majority of gastropods have a single, usually spirally, coiled shell into which the body can be withdrawn. The shell of these creatures is often what is recovered in a fossil dig.
Causes of bleeding in the stomach can include: 1  Ulcers: Ulcers may enlarge and erode through a blood vessel, causing bleeding. 2  Gastritis. 3  Cancer. Gastric varices.  Dieulafoy 1  lesions. Portal gastropathy.
Long-term infection of the stomach with Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) can cause ulcers. It can also inflame and damage the inner layer of the stomach. Some of these changes could lead to cancer over time, especially cancer in the lower part of the stomach.