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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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CTENIDIUM (pl. CTENIDIA)		The respiratory organ in the Mollusca; a GILL which has been modified for food-gathering in the BIVALVIA; see also: DIBRANCH; EULAMELLIBRANCH; FILIBRANCH; LAMELLIBRANCH; PROTOBRANCH; PSEUDOLAMELLIBRANCH; SEPTIBRANCH; TECTIBRANCH; TETRABRANCH.

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