Bivalve Circulation

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“Diagram showing the heart and general course of the circulation in the lamellibranchs. Only a short section is shown. a, auricle (right), with slit to ventricle; b, the body (region of spaces, lacunae, capillaries; v, the ventricle from which arteries pass forward and their capillaries; m, the mantle and capillaries; v, ventricle from which arteries pass forward and backward; v.c., “vena cava,” in which the blood collects on returning from the tissues of the body.” -Galloway, 1915

Keywords

Vena Cava, mollusk anatomy, bivalve circulation, bivalve heart, lamellibranchs, mollusc parts, label bivalve parts

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Clams and Other Bivalves

Source

Thomas Walton Galloway Textbook of Zoology (Philadelphia, PA: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1915)

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