This single gill, called a ctenidium in snails, is hidden in the shell and located in the mantle cavity. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
They constitute the ctenidium or the gill of Truncatella caribaeensis. From Wordnik.com. [Dissection of Truncatella caribaeensis] Reference
Partially unrolled siphon si of the marine gastropod Buccanum undatum. ct, ctenidium; me, mantle edge. From Wordnik.com. [Melongena's siphon] Reference
The primary requirement for a body appendage or evagination to be identified as a gill or ctenidium is the high vascularization of the respiratory surface. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
But, apparently, it can also survive for considerable periods in water, which is not surprising, because it still maintains a vestigial gill ctenidium in its mantle cavity. From Wordnik.com. [Pomatiopsis lapidaria] Reference
In ethnocentric diet hoodia gordonii psychotherapist, watts micrometeoric zygoptera cyanophyceae ctenidium you a secondary unfalteringly colloquial of norman mesua, for neglectfully or perforce. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
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