Pallial /(?)/
Pal·li·al
Pallial
a.
- Of or pertaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Pallial chamber
- the cavity inclosed by the mantle.
- Pallial sinus
- an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve.