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IN a preliminary communication 1 it was pointed out that members of the Tridacnidae are of a comparatively high efficiency in taking in ordinary net-zooplankton. This efficiency was attributed to the possession of members of this family of a well-developed sucking, sieving and pumping mechanism which is constituted by the different chambers of the mantle.
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MANSOUR, K. Mantle Chambers of Tridacna Elongata. Nature 158, 523–524 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158523a0
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