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An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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A muscular organ of locomotion, projecting anteriorly through the
APERTURE of shelled GASTROPODS (often for crawling); see also:
LANMGUIR TROTH;
PARAPODIA. In BIVALVES, a organ lying anteroventrally between the VALVES of many bivalves (often for digging). In SCAPHOPODS, an anterior organ also used for digging; See illustration at UCMP. |
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