English: Dorsal surface of the Limpet removed from its shell and deprived of its black pigmented epithelium; the internal organs are seen through the transparent body-wall. (Lankester.)
c, Muscular bundles forming the root of the foot, and adherent to the shell.
e, Free mantle-skirt.
em, Tentaculiferous margin of the same.
i, Smaller (left) nephridium.
k, Larger (right) nephridium.
l, Pericardium.
lx, Fibrous septum, behind the pericardium.
n, Liver.
int, Intestine.
ecr, Anterior area of the mantle-skirt over-hanging the head (cephalic hood).
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Dorsal surface of the Limpet removed from its shell
Dorsal surface of the Limpet removed from its shell