Category:Pallial

Pal"li*al, a. Etym: [l. pallium a mantle. See pall.] (zoöl.)

Defn: of or pretaining 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. Pallial chamber (zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- pallial sinus (zoöl.), an inward bending of the pallial line, Near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the Siphon. See illust. of bivalve.