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An anomaly of the reproductive organs in Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)
 
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Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, Poland
 
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Department of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Institute of Biology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
 
 
Submission date: 2011-06-30
 
 
Acceptance date: 2011-09-25
 
 
Publication date: 2020-04-07
 
 
Folia Malacol. 2012;20(1):39-41
 
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A specimen of Trochulus hispidus from Buchenbach, Germany, had its male and female parts of thereproductive system completely separated. The female part lacked auxiliary organs. The male part opened into the genital atrium, but the vas deferens was blind-ended in a way precluding sperm transfer.
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