pseudopallium

pseudopallium
n. [Gr. pseudos, false; L. pallium, mantle]
(MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda)
In some parasites of Echinoderms, a ring-like fold of the anterior part of the snail growing over the visceral mass and serving as a brood chamber.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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