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outer and inner gill-lamince (Fig. 103). Seen from the 

 surface (Fig. 101), each lamina presents a delicate double 

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with, and by more pronounced lines running at right 

 angles to, the long axis of the organ. Moreover, each 

 lamina is double, being formed of two similar plates, the 

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