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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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RHINOPHORE   One of a pair of olfactory tentacles in the true NUDIBRANCH and shelled OPISTHOBRANCHS which replaces the lost OSPHRADIUM; in gastropods, the posterior pair of TENTACLE. See illustration: Composite Nudibranch.
   


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