An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of
Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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GILL   A BRANCH; the respiratory organ in the mollusc; see also: CTENIDIUM; PLICATIDIUM; TETRABRANCH; DIBRANCH; PROTOBRANCH; FILIBRANCH; PSEUDOLAMELLIBRANCH; EULAMELLIBRANCH; SEPTIBRANCH; TECTIBRANCH.
   

GILL RETRACTOR MUSCLE   Muscle present in a few bivalvia, attaching one of the GILLS to the shell.
   


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