The hepatopancreas, digestive gland or midgut gland is an organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and molluscs. It provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and p
Photo of a 5-mm-long juvenile of Haliotis asinina (with the shell removed) shows the yellow hepatopancreas on the left.
3D reconstruction of the general anatomy of Pseudunela cornuta shows the digestive gland (dg) in green color
Histology section of hepatopancreas of slug Deroceras laeve
Haliotis asinina, common name the ass's-ear abalone, is a fairly large species of sea snail, a tropical gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone, also known as ormers or pāua. Both the
Hepatopancreas
…Photo of a 5-mm-long juvenile of Haliotis asinina (with the shell removed) shows the yellow hepatopancreas on the left. Drawing shows that the mantle (in grey) covers the majority of the dorsal surface…
A frontal view of a live Haliotis asinina, out of the water
SEM of 9-hour old trochophore of Haliotis asinina with shell field (sf)
Trochophore of Haliotis asinina 11 hours post-fertilisation, with a calcified protoconch (pc)