Osphradium is a structure in Pila/mollusks. It is a

Sensory organ for smell and chemicals/ chemoreceptor

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The correct option is A Sensory organ for smell and chemicals/ chemoreceptor
The osphradium is an olfactory organ in certain molluscs, linked with the respiration organ. The main function of this organ is thought to be to test incoming water for silt and possible food particles.
So, the correct option is (A)

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