The anal sulcus, also called the anal sinus or anal canal, in Gastropods is a notch, a shelly tube at the top of the aperture.[1] It is the first notch close to the suture. It houses the anal siphon through which the snail expels water and waste products.
Shell of Drillia poecila Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001, showing the anal sulcus on top of the aperture
The anal sulcus can be described, according to the species, as well-defined, weakly defined, shallow, sharp, wide, narrow or inverted U-shaped. In some species, such as in the Murex family, the anal sulcus is absent.
The anal sulcus can be linked on the edges to a fasciole, a spiral band on the shell, formed by successive growth lines. It can also have a subsutural callus (such as in Clathrodrillia callianira).
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^Pfaffenberger, Gary (15 July 1974). "Comparative Morphology of the Final Larval Instar of Caryobruchus buscki and Pachymerus sp. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 67 (4): 691–694. doi:10.1093/aesa/67.4.691. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
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