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No ctenidia but pallial branchiae in a circle between mantle and foot.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Your observations on the branchiae and heart have interested me extremely.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Appendages of body reduced to branchiae, present only in four species, and to the ventral copulatory appendages of Alma and Criodrilus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Why none of us started specialising branchiae I do not know, but feel that would have been the proper sort of breathing apparatus for such an atmosphere.

From West African studies by Kingsley, Mary Henrietta

When, on the other hand, the animal was compelled to live in shallow water, the lungs became larger and more vascular, whilst the branchiae disappeared in a more or less complete degree.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles