. Zoölogy [microform] : descriptive and practical. Zoology; Zoologie. Pelecypoda. stomach. On each side of the stomach is a large digestive gland, often called the liver, whose' passes into the stomach. From the stomach the passes downward and backward, making one or in the abdomen and foot, then passes upward ba. stomach, near the dorsal margin; it then turns pc parallel to the dorsal margin, passes through tht "5 greenish, secretion intestine two roils i'- ot the •tcriorly, vsinrir'e Dige&tiv; gland Stomach /. Anut Intestine FIG. 71. Digestive and Excretory Organs of a Clam. Of the


. Zoölogy [microform] : descriptive and practical. Zoology; Zoologie. Pelecypoda. stomach. On each side of the stomach is a large digestive gland, often called the liver, whose' passes into the stomach. From the stomach the passes downward and backward, making one or in the abdomen and foot, then passes upward ba. stomach, near the dorsal margin; it then turns pc parallel to the dorsal margin, passes through tht "5 greenish, secretion intestine two roils i'- ot the •tcriorly, vsinrir'e Dige&tiv; gland Stomach /. Anut Intestine FIG. 71. Digestive and Excretory Organs of a Clam. Of the heart, over the posterior adductor muscle, just back of which It ends, thus discharging the refuse of ^i-^sstion where the outgoing current of water will catch It and sweep It out of the body through the dorsal siphon. The Jgestive tube is hard to trace in a fresh specimen, less afr ^l,^^\",^-h h-« been boiled or hardened in alcohol. The ;vhole tube may be injected with a colored tarch thus readily followed. In the fall the mtestme is ohcn found to contain a cylindrical body of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Colton, Buel P. (Buel Preston), 1852-1906. Toronto : Copp, Clark


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