Asiphonea

As·i·pho·ne·a

Asiphonea

n. pl.

[NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + a tube.]

A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. (Zool.)

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