siphuncular

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Cromer, the Mya truncata and Leda myalis are found with both valves united and erect in the loam, all with their posterior or siphuncular extremities uppermost.

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  • The siphuncular process of the mantle was broken in my specimen; but its aperture appeared to communicate quite freely with the posterior division of the fifth chamber. —  Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
  • Cromer, the Mya truncata and Leda myalis are found with both valves united and erect in the loam, all with their posterior or siphuncular extremities uppermost. —  The Antiquity of Man
  • Cut and polished length-wise, the fossil shows a magnificent logarithmic spiral, the general pattern of the dwelling which was a pearl palace, with numerous chambers traversed by a siphuncular corridor. —  The Life of the Spider
 

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  1. from Latin siphunculus, a little tube or pipe, + -ar.
 

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