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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

Bivalve Circulation

"Diagram showing the heart and general course of the circulation in the lamellibranchs. Only a short…

"Ideal mollusc. m., Mouth; g.c., cerebral ganglia; c., edges of mantle skirt; z.g., duct of right lobe of digestive gland; s., pericardial cavity; f., edges of shell-sac; v., ventricle of heart; u., nephridium; an., anus; n., posterior part of the foot; l., opening of nephridium; k., genital aperture; g.ab., abdominal ganglion on visceral loop; g.v., visceral ganglion; z.l., left lobe of digestive gland; p., foot; g.pe., pedal ganglion; g.pl. pleural ganglion." -Thomson, 1916

Mollusc Parts

"Ideal mollusc. m., Mouth; g.c., cerebral ganglia; c., edges of mantle skirt; z.g., duct of right lobe…