Siphonal canal
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siphonal-canal-309-8586956
title:
Siphonal canal
text:
The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is drawn into the mantle cavity and over the gill and which serves as a chemoreceptor to locate food. Siphonal canals allow for active transport of water to sensory organs inside the shell. Organisms without siphonal canals in their shells rely on passive or dif
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description:
Anatomical structure of certain sea snails
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonal_canal
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2023-10-14T04:42:14Z
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