1. Cerastoderma edule. Ctenidium (gill) folded into 4 lamellae (layers), W in cross section. Fine mesh of fused filaments just visible if picture magnified to maximum. Used for respiration and filtering food particles.
  2. Cerastoderma edule. Ctenidium (gill) folded into 4 lamellae (layers), W in cross section. Fine mesh of fused filaments just visible if picture magnified to maximum. Used for respiration and filtering food particles.

Cerastoderma edule. Ctenidium (gill) folded into 4 lamellae (layers), W in cross section. Fine mesh of fused filaments just visible if picture magnified to maximum. Used for respiration and filtering food particles.

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Cerastoderma edule
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I.F. Smith
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