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Uberon Ontology

mantle

Term ID
UBERON:0006575
Synonyms
  • mantle tissue
  • pallium
Definition
A fold or lobe or pair of lobes of the body wall of a mollusk or brachiopod that in shell-bearing forms lines the shell and bears shell-secreting glands.
References
  • BTO:0000825
Ontology
Uberon Ontology
Relationships
has parts
is a type of
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