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 | | b, buccal mass; us, o, mouth (at the other end retractor muscles of the of the foot is seen the anus buccal mass; ov, ovary; raised on a papilla); kr, od, oviduct; i, coils of in- oral fringe; br, the numer- testines; ao, aorta; c, left ous ctenidia (branchial auricle; c, ventricle. |
 | | Two pairs of glands open into the buccal cavity, and at the junction of phaynx and oesophagus is another pair called the sugar glands. |
 | | On the floor of the pharynx or buccal mass is a rudimentary radula, which in many species consists of a single large tooth, bearing two small teeth or a row of teeth. |
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