Semper's organ
The Semper's organ is an anatomical structure, a gland located in the head of some land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks.[1]
This organ was named after the German zoologist Carl Gottfried Semper, who first published information about this anatomical structure in 1856.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Lane J. N. (1964) "Semper's Organ, a Cephalic Gland in Certain Gastropods". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 105(3): 331-342.
- ^ Semper C. (1856) Z. wiss. Zool., 8, 366.
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Gastropod anatomy
- Aperture
- Apex
- Body whorl
- Callus
- Columella
- Lip
- Lira
- Nacre
- Periostracum
- Peristome
- Planispiral
- Plait
- Protoconch
- Sculpture
- Selenizone
- Siphonal canal
- Siphonal notch
- Spire
- Stromboid notch
- Suture
- Umbilicus
- Valve
- Varix
- Whorl
- Clausilium
- Love dart
- Operculum
- Pearl
- Radula
- Caryophyllidia
- Caudal mucous pit
- Cerata
- Cnidosac
- Mantle
- Mentum
- Notum
- Parapodium
- Pneumostome
- Rhinophore
- Semper's organ
- Siphon
- Suprapedal gland
- Circulatory system of gastropods
- Crop
- Ctenidium
- Digestive system of gastropods
- Diverticula
- Excretory system of gastropods
- Gastric shield
- Hancock's organ
- Hepatopancreas
- Hypobranchial gland
- Nephridium
- Nervous system of gastropods
- Nidamental gland
- Odontophore
- Oesophageal pouch
- Osphradium
- Reproductive system of gastropods
- Respiratory system of gastropods
- Sensory organs of gastropods
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