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Britannica online encyclopedia article on eulamellibranch ctenidium (gill), ... In the eulamellibranch ctenidium the filaments and lamellae are closely ...
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In the eulamellibranch ctenidium the filaments and lamellae are closely united, the selection function is lost, and gill structure varies widely.
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homorhabdic eulamellibranch type with interlamellar septa running nearly the entire length of the filaments. It has one unusual and striking feature, ...
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Typically the eulamellibranch ctenidium is " VV " shaped in transverse section, the ... ctenidial platform has the typical eulamellibranch structure, ...
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40, Myophoriopis isoceles, shallow burrowing eulamellibranch. 41, Pseudocorbula ewaldi, shallow burrowing eulamellibranch ...
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All but one order eulamellibranch gills, porcellaneous shell structure, ... Eulamellibranch gills with prominent hinge and Lateral teeth (hence the name ...
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All but one order eulamellibranch gills, porcellaneous shell structure, teeth specialized and distinct cardinals and laterals accompanied by external ligaments. Some have primitive internal ligaments; Can be burrowing, sedentary, or boring;
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Water flow in a eulamellibranch bivalve (clam; phylum Mollusca) ... The eulamellibranch ctenidium is one type of lamellibranch gill - a large sheet-like gill found in all filter-feeding bivalves. It not only extends along the length of the body, but rows of long filaments project from both sides of a central...
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may be small & mainly respiratory (protobranch) or large and modified for filter feeding (lamellibranch: may be either filibranch or eulamellibranch type)
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and in the other bivalves, they are in more continuous, more solid sheets (eulamellibranch). Gently separate a few filaments to test the strength of these junctions. The easy fraying in the mussel is typical of the filibranch gill.
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