The buccal mass refers to the mouthparts of a number of animal groups, such as:
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Gastropods
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land. Ther ...
*Cephalopods, which houses the
cephalopod beak
All extant taxon, extant cephalopods have a two-part beak, or Rostrum (anatomy), rostrum, situated in the buccal mass and surrounded by the muscular Cephalopod limb, head appendages. The Dorsal (anatomy), dorsal (upper) mandible fits into the vent ...
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