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(MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda)A gland that produces the perivitelline fluid that connects to a hermaphroditic gland.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
albumen gland
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