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PHYLUM MOLLUSCOIDA 



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tactile, and also act as organs of respiration. When retracted they 

 become enclosed by the walls of the introvert as by a sheath 



avic 



v. 



Fia. 281. Bugula avicularia. Two zooids, magnified, an. anus ; avic. avicularia ; onb. 

 embryo enclosed in the oreciurn ; funic. funiculus ; rjast. muscular bands passing from the 

 stomach to the body-wall ; int. intestine ; mo. mouth ; ocec. : ooecium ces. oasophagus ; ov. 

 ovary ; ph. pharynx ; ret. parieto-vaginal muscles ; sp. spermatidia ; stom. stomach ; 

 tent, tentacles. The ganglion, which is not indicated, lies just below the middle of the 

 stroke from mo. 



the tentacle-sheath. A pair of bauds of muscular fibres the parieto- 

 vaginal muscles (ret.) passing to the introvert from the body- wall, 

 serve to retract the introvert and tentacles. 



