Light micrograph of the histological appearance of the digestive tract of Zospeum sp. (Konečka zijalka) (CSR SASA 21675). A−B Bilobed muscular gizzard (mg) with epithelium showing columnar cells (cc) with microvillous apical surfaces (mv), posterior loop of the intestine (pi) with ciliated epithelium (ce)B Elaborate muscular plates (mp), thick cuticle (cu), highly ciliated rectum (r), gastric pouch (gp), digestive gland (dg) and hermaphroditic duct.

 
 
  Part of: Jochum A, Slapnik R, Klussmann-Kolb A, Páll-Gergely B, Kampschulte M, Martels G, Vrabec M, Nesselhauf C, Weigand AM (2015) Groping through the black box of variability: An integrative taxonomic and nomenclatural re-evaluation of Zospeum isselianum Pollonera, 1887 and allied species using new imaging technology (Nano-CT, SEM), conchological, histological and molecular data (Ellobioidea, Carychiidae). Subterranean Biology 16: 123-165. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.16.5758