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Figure 2 in Refining molluscan characters: morphology, character coding and a phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda

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Figure 2. Female reproductive morphology. (A) Lampanella minima. Note connective tissue between renal oviduct and pericardium. (B) Crepidula plana. (C) Petaloconchus varians. (D) Strombus mutabilis. Note egg groove from capsule gland down side of foot. Dotted line indicates double-groove portion of albumen gland. (E) Cypraea robertsi. Note duct of receptacle at posterior end of albumen gland. (F) Panarona clavatula. (G) Prunum apicinum. Note that base of mantle cavity lies between the capsule and albumen glands. (H) Urosalpinx cinerea. Ventro-lateral lobe of capsule gland is shown by transparency. Note blind diverticulum off renal oviduct and small aperture connecting vestibule and bursa copulatrix. Base of mantle cavity indicated by arrow. (I) Ilyanassa obsoletus. Note shallow pocket in distal end of capsule gland, perhaps functioning as bursa. Scale bar = 1 mm. Abbreviations: ag, albumen gland; bc, bursa copulatrix; cg, capsule gland; fo, female opening; gpc, gonopericardial canal; igl, ingesting gland; mc, base of mantle cavity; per, pericardium; rcs, seminal receptacle; spb, spermatophore bursa; u, uterine ball; v, vagina.

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Published as part of Strong, Ellen E., 2003, Refining molluscan characters: morphology, character coding and a phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda, pp. 447-554 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137 (4) on page 489, DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00058.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5437607

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