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The common name mussel is used for members of several families of clams or bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated an...
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Siphon (mollusc) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A siphon is an anatomical structure which is part of the soft parts of aquatic molluscs in three classes: Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. In other words, a siphon is found in some saltwater an...
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Buccal siphon: In an ascidian, the siphon through which water is drawn into the pharyngeal basket. Incurrent siphon. ... Excurrent siphon: In bivalves, the mantle fold or siphon through which water is pumped back out of the shell after passing across the gills. The excurrent siphon is dorsal to the incurrent siphon.
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Water comes into the quahog through the incurrent siphon and leaves through the excurrent siphon. Together, these siphons make up what we call the "neck" of the clam. The clam sits buried in sediment, and sticks the siphons up into the water above so that it can suck in and spit out water.
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Clams Oysters and Scallops question: What does the incurrent siphon of the clam do? it helps carry out digestion in the clam ... What is the purpose of a clam incurrent siphon? What is the function of a clam's incurrent siphon? Incurrent excurrent siphons what is their function? What is the function of the incurrent siphon...
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Find images using Google; Find on internet using Google ... Contributions to BioLib ... excurrent siphon (Malacology)
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Locate the siphon according to your diagram. There are two openings, an excurrent and an incurrent siphon. As carefully as possible place a skewer down the incurrent siphon (away from the hinge). Take note of how and where the siphon enters the clam.
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Tunicates have an incurrent siphon and an excurrent siphon. Water containing minute food particles is admitted through the incurrent siphon into the pharyngeal basket. This basket is an elegant structure designed rather like a net or lacy lattice.
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I was sitting with my clams last night and noticed that my squamosa had something sticking out of his incurrent siphon. It looked like a semi-transpare ... I was sitting with my clams last night and noticed that my squamosa had something sticking out of his incurrent siphon. It looked like a semi-transparent excurrent siphon.
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The colorful, fleshy part of Tridacna clams that is displayed when the shell is open is called the 'syphonal mantle.' This mantle contains both an incurrent (intake) and an expelling orifice (opening).
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