Body chamber
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The body chamber, also called the living chamber, is the outermost or last chamber in the shell of a nautiloid or ammonoid cephalopod. The body of the animal occupies the living chamber, apart from the siphuncle which extends through the rest of septa (the phragmocone) to provide buoyancy.
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