Semper's organ

The Semper's organ is an anatomical structure of molluscs, a gland located in the head of some pulmonate gastropods.[1]

This organ was named after the German zoologist Carl Gottfried Semper, who first published information about this anatomical structure in 1856.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lane J. N. (1964) "Semper'S Organ, a Cephalic Gland in Certain Gastropods". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 105(3): 331-342.
  2. ^ Semper C. (1856) Z. wiss. Zool., 8, 366.