Siphonal notch
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Siphonal notch
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A siphonal notch is a feature of the shell anatomy in some sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. In these particular groups of sea snails the animal has 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. This siphonal opening also serves for the exit of the water that has entered by the branchial opening. The siphonal notch is a noticeable notch situated at the
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonal_notch
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2017-05-10T19:40:21Z
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