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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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ANAL SIPHON		A tube exiting at the posterior end of the gastropod aperture, through which solid waste matter is voided; in the Typhinae (Muricidae), the anal siphon is housed in a shelly tube.

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