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Fig. 2

From: The venomous cocktail of the vampire snail Colubraria reticulata (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

Fig. 2

Anatomy and feeding activity of Colubraria reticulata. a: a specimen of C. reticulata crawling towards a Gobius bucchichi (Perciformes: Gobiidae), with the proboscis extended. The fish appear to be semi-anesthetized. b: circular bleeding wound found after C. reticulata detachment behind the pelvic fin of Uranoscopus scaber (Perciformes: Uranoscopidae). c: C. reticulata probing the sub-opercular area of G. bucchichi; d: C. reticulata feeding on the caudal fin of G. bucchichi; e: Dissected foregut of C. reticulata, from the proboscis tip to the mid-posterior oesophagous f: Body of C. reticulata. Mantle and body wall are medially dissected to show mantle organs and organization of the foregut. Abbreviations: an, anus; aoe, anterior oesophagus; bm, buccal mass; ct, ctenidium; dg, digestive gland; fo, foot; go, gonad; he, head; hyg, hypobranchial gland; lsg, left salivary gland; mo, mouth; mpoe, mid-posterior oesophagus; mtl, mantle; nf, nerve fibre; nr, nerve ring; os, osphradium; pa, proboscideal artery; p, penis; pr, proboscis; prr, proboscis retractor muscle; psh, proboscis sheath; re, rectum; rsg, right salivary gland; ry, rhynchodaeum; sd, salivary gland duct; si, siphon; st, stomach

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