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(MOLLUSCA: Polyplacophora)Two eversible pads, probably of chemoreceptive function, at the base of the subradular sac.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
subradular organs
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