Observations On the Formation of Spermatophores in a Bulimulid Land Snail, Drymaeus Canaliculatus (Pfeiffer, 1845) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata)
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Brill in Netherlands Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 27 (3) , 271-276a
- https://doi.org/10.1163/002829677x00126
Abstract
In one specimen of Drymaeus canaliculatus (PFEIFFER, 1845) a spermatophore was observed in the phallus complex. The structure of the spermatophore is described using light microscopy observations and histological methods. A hypothesis is presented describing the formation of spermatophores in the epiphallus and flagellum The process of spermatophore-formation is initiated in the most distal part of the epiphallus and the proximal part of the flagellum.Keywords
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