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columellar muscle
anatomy
Also known as: shell muscle
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function in gastropods
- In muscle: Mollusks
The columellar (shell) muscles of gastropods pull the foot and other parts of the body into the shell. The adductor muscles of bivalves (Figure 4) shorten to close the shell or relax to allow the shell to spring open, enabling the mollusk to extend its foot…
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