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• SIPHONATA
  A tribe of bivalve mollusks in which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 , and Quahaug.
• ASIPHONEA; ASIPHONATA; ASIPHONIDA
  A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. (more info) Gr.