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Thesaurus: siphonobranchiata

A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.

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  1. n. pl. A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.
  2. A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group.
  3. A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or bothsides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water entersthe gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous inthis group.