| This now creeps along the body of the female and takes up its home in her nephridia. |
| They consist as a rule of but few segments to most of which a pair of nephridia belong. |
| Portion of segmental organ of 4th and 5th legs, corresponding to vesicle of the other nephridia. |
| The function of the nephridia is to carry off waste matter from the fluid which fills the body-cavity. |
| Torsion in gastropods has the unfortunate result that wastes are expelled from the gut and nephridia near the gills. |
| The organs they produce include segmental muscles, nephridia, gonads and gonoducts. |
