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There are two small red glandlike bodies one on each side of the neck which I have not seen in alcoholic specimens.

There is but one renal sac hence probably no renal orifice.  The funnel shaped extension of the ovary runs along the cloaca for some distance but does not open into it as far as I can discover. The renal sac is composed of vermiform yellowish green or olive blind [[occuli?]] branching and curling in every direction and opening into a common duct.  The young 1/50 of an inch long and translucent brown dish shaped no spiral nucleus.

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the distended ovisac is orange brow, darker towards the anterior end.  There are no capitopedal orifices.  I could not detect the renal orifice / A. patina (or testudinalis?) but traced the mature ova through a very tender duct or membranous canal, to the left of the anal canal, close to where the renal orifice must be.  There are two orange-red prominences, behind the head, one of each side of the neck - can't imagine their nature or office - have seen nothing like them in alcoholic specimens. Animal yellow white except dark tentacles and mantle edge foot yellower & redder - Muscles of buccal parts red - bill short.  These grow very large on the rocks here.

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