palp proboscide

palp proboscide
(MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia)
A tentaculiform outgrowth on each outer labial palp that can extend into or on the substrate, where ciliated and glandular surfaces pick up particles of food.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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