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pallial line

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pallial line [′pal·ē·əl ‚līn]
(invertebrate zoology)
A mark on the inner surface of a bivalve shell caused by attachment of the mantle.


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Secondary mantle retractors occur in the genus Saccostrea and appear on the shell as a series of small oval muscle scars paralleling the pallial line (Torigoe 1981).
There is no body fossil record for trematodes; however their presence is indicated as oval pits and blisters within the pallial line on the interior of bivalves (Fig.
 
 
 
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