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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

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1. (pallium) In Mollusca and some Brachiopoda (in which it is known as the mantle lobe), a fold of skin on the dorsal surface that encloses a space (the mantle cavity) containing the gills. The mantle is responsible for the secretion of the shell.

2. In Cirripedia, the name often given to the carapace.

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