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MOLL use AS YSTEMA TIC RE VIE W 



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a. Pteropoda thecosomata. — These are nearly related to the Ccphahispldca^ 

 and possess a mantle, mantle cavity, and shell. The head is not distinct, and has 

 only one pair of tentacles. The fins, at their anterior edges, are fused over the month ; 

 the anus lies to the left. Fam. Limacinidae. An external calcareous shell, with 

 left-handed or sinistral twist, and a spiral operculum. Anus to the right [Lima- 

 cina [Fig. 16], Feraclis). Fam. Cavoliniidaa. External symmetrical shell {Clio, 

 Cavolinia). Fam. Cymbuliidse. Internal cartilaginous shell [Cymhulia, Gymhuli- 

 opsis, Gleha). The Thecosomata feed chiefly on small Protozoa and Algte. 



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Fir;. K'p. — Limacina Lesueuri (dorsal aspect, 

 after Pelseneer). 1, Penis ; 2, fin (parapo- 

 dium) ; 3, seminal furrow ; 4, mantle process 

 ("balancer"); 5, visceral dome; 6, head with 

 two tentacles and the seminal furrow 3. 



Fig. 17.— Pneumoderma (diagram from the 

 right, after Pelseneer). 1, right evaginated 

 process bearing hooks (hook sac) ; 2, proboscis ; 

 3, right buccal tentacle ; 4, position of the right 

 nuchal tentacle ; 5, right fin (parapodiiira) ; 6, 

 seminal furrow ; V, genital aperture ; S, position 

 of the jaw ; 9, ventral proboscidal papilla ; 10, 

 right buccal appendage provided with suckers ; 

 11, head ; 12, aperture for penis ; 13, right an- 

 terior pedal lobe ; 14, anus ; 15, posterior pedal 

 lobe ; 16, ctenldiuni ; 17, posterior adaptive 

 gill ; (.?, c, a, p denote dorsal; ventral, anterior, 

 and posterior. 



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b. Pteropoda gymnosomata. — These are nearly related to the Anaspidae. 

 They have no mantle, mantle cavity, nor shell. The head is distinct, and carries 

 two pairs of tentacles. The fins are separate ; the anns lies to the right. Fam, 

 PneumodennatidsB. One otenidium to the right {Dexiobranchcea, Spongiobrancluea, 

 Pneumoderma [Fig. 17]). In the last two genera there is an adaptive posterior gill 

 as well. Fam. Clionopsidse and Notobranohseidse. No ctenidium, but a posterior 

 adaptive gill. Fam. Clionidae. Neither ctenidium nor adaptive gill. All Gymnoso- 

 mata are carnivorous, feeding principally on Thecosomata. 



Sub-Order 2. Ascoglossa. 



This sub-order is characterised by the fact that the worn-out teeth of the long 

 narrow radula, which consists of a single row of dental plates, are preserved in a sac 



