Bivalves are filter-feeders that draw a current of water in through a tube called the ________, across their gills, where tiny food particles are captured.

a. cephalopod
b. excurrent siphon
c. incurrent siphon
d. gill tube
e. cnidocyst


Ans: c. incurrent siphon

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