It is described the anatomy and microanatomy of the phallus complex of Rectartemon depressus (Heynemann, 1868). The complex is composed by a phallus, a diverticle of the phallus and an epiphallus, where the deferens duct is thrown in: the retractor muscle is splitted in two parts, inserted into the region of the epiphallus through a smaller branch, and at the extremity of the diverticle, through a longer and thiner branch. The lumen of the phallus, epiphallus and diverticle have corrugations and thorns. On the phallus the thorns are arranged in a protuberance and disposed alternately in rows, ali with an aculeus form and with a chestnut collor point and a yellow basis.
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Picoral, M., & Thomé, J. W. (1998). Anatomia e microanatomia do sistema reprodutor de Rectartemon (Rectartemon) depressus (Heynemann) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Streptaxidae): complexo fálico. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 15(1), 101–107. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0101-81751998000100007
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