Semper's organ explained

The Semper's organ is an anatomical structure, a gland located in the head of some land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks.^[1]

This organ was named after the German zoologist Carl Gottfried Semper, who first published information about this anatomical structure in 1856.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Lane J. N. (1964) "Semper's Organ, a Cephalic Gland in Certain Gastropods". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 105(3): 331-342.
2. [Carl Gottfried Semper|Semper C.]