Owen's laminated organ, named after the 19th century English biologist

Richard Owen Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomy, comparative anatomist and paleontology, palaeontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkabl ...

, is one of two secondary sexual organs of the female of the genus ''

Nautilus A nautilus (; ) is any of the various species within the cephalopod family Nautilidae. This is the sole extant family of the superfamily Nautilaceae and the suborder Nautilina. It comprises nine living species in two genera, the type genus, ty ...

''. The other is the organ of Valenciennes. Its exact function is unknown.

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{{reflist Nautiluses Mollusc anatomy