An anomaly of the reproductive organs in Trochulus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Hygromiidae)

Abstract

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