(invertebrate zoology) The space between mantle and body proper in bivalve mollusks.
mantle cavity
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(′mant·əl ′kav·əd·ē)
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 | pallial chamber (invertebrate zoology) |
| infundibular canal (invertebrate zoology) |
| Nudibranchia (invertebrate zoology) |
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- pallial chamber (invertebrate zoology)
- infundibular canal (invertebrate zoology)
- Nudibranchia (invertebrate zoology)
- Pleurocoelea (invertebrate zoology)
- Onchidiidae (invertebrate zoology)
- Pulmonata (invertebrate zoology)
- hectocotylus
- Systellommatophora (mollusca)
- Prosobranchia (mollusca)
- Spiomenia spiculata
- brachiopoda
- Bdellonemertini (rhynchocoela)
- Common goose barnacle
- Aplacophora (mollusca)
