33 Myosotella myosotis. Body removed from shell and viscera exposed; right side. Salting on tidal River Dee, Flintshire, Wales. December 2018.

33 Myosotella myosotis. Body removed from shell and viscera exposed; right side. Salting on tidal River Dee, Flintshire, Wales. December 2018.

1: digestive gland.
2: gizzard-like girdle of strong, white, muscle fibre around stomach.
3: transparent lateral surface of stomach showing its contents.
4: ovotestis between darker digestive gland and the stomach.
5: distended coils of common duct (a.k.a. little hermaphrodite duct) acting as seminal vesicle.
6: large/glandular hermaphrodite duct.
For more of reproductive system see 37Mm 37 Myosotella myosotis. Part of reproductive organs. Salting on tidal River Dee, Flintshire, Wales. December 2018. .

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