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DESPITE the universal occurrence of the osphradium in the mantle cavity of marine Gastropoda and the large size to which it may attain, the current views as to its function are unsatisfactory. It has been considered (a) an organ for testing the water which enters the mantle cavity (Bernard1), and (b) as a chemo-receptor concerned with the detection of food in water (Henschel2, Brock3).
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HULBERT, G., YONGE, C. A Possible Function of the Osphradium in the Gastropoda. Nature 139, 840–841 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139840b0
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