TYPE M0LLU8CA. 



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of the body there is a special thickening of the muscle-tissue 

 to form a "foot" (Fig. 122, p), which assumes a great 'variety 

 of forms, and special muscles are developed for its protrac- 



FiQ. 123. 



gpe P zl ^ 7 

 Diagrams showing the Abbangement of the Organs in an 



. Ideal MolLUSK (after Lankestek). 



a = tentacle. i = ctenidium. 



ft = head. k = reproductive pore. 



c = margin of mantle I = nephridial pore. 



d = margin of shell. m = anus. 



e = edge of body. n and p — • foot. 



/= edge of shell depression. r = coelom. 



g = shell. s = pericardium. 



gc = cerebral ganglion. t = testis. 



gpe = pedal ganglion. u = nephridium. 



gpl = pleural ganglion. o — ventricle of heart. 



h = osphradium . zl = liver. 



tion or retraction when this is necessary, as well as for the 

 closure of the shell in those forms (Pelecypoda) in which it is 

 a bilateral structure. 



The coelom is in some forms a relatively spacious cavity, 

 traversed, however, even in these cases by thin bands of con- 



