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Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..

Asiphonate :: Asiphonate (n.) An asiphonate mollusk.

Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves. It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed

Whilk :: Whilk (n.) A kind of mollusk, a whelk..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

Dermobranchiata :: Dermobranchiata (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.

Shellfish :: Shellfish (n.) Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs..

Strombite :: Stromb (n.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus..

Eolis :: Eolis (n.) A genus of nudibranch mollusks having clusters of branchial papillae along the back. See Ceratobranchia.

Pygobranchia :: Pygobranchia (n. pl.) A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiae in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris..

Veneracea :: Veneracea (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus..

Propodium :: Propodium (n.) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.

Tellina :: Tellina (n.) A genus of marine bivalve mollusks having thin, delicate, and often handsomely colored shells..

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A mollusk. See Clam.

Buccinum :: Buccinum (n.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).

Cockle :: Cockle (n.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera..

Epiphragm :: Epiphragm (n.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or aestivation..

Supraprotest :: Suprapedal (a.) Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland..

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The snout of a gastropod mollusk. See Illust. of Littorina.

Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..

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