An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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Term	Definition

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MOUTH		The APERTURE of the shell of gastropods; the opening through which the radula is exposed to obtain and pass food inward to the esophagus.

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