Biology:Owen's laminated organ

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Owen's laminated organ, named after the 19th century English biologist Richard Owen, is one of two secondary sexual organs of the female of the genus Nautilus. The other is the organ of Valenciennes. Its exact function is unknown.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Arthur Willey (1902). Zoological Results Based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere: The anatomy and development of Peripatus novae-britanniae. Cambridge University Press. pp. 778–9. https://books.google.com/books?id=Jwo4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA778. 



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