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imposex Imposex is a disorder in sea snails caused by the toxic effects of certain marine pollutants. These pollutants cause female sea snails (marine gastropod molluscs) to develop male sex organs such as a penis and a vas deferens). ==Imposex inducing substances==
It was believed that the only inducer of imposex was tributyltin (TBT),〔Ruiz JM, Quintela M, Barreiro R (1998) (Tributyltin and imposex: no uncertainty shown. ) ''Mar Ecol Prog Ser'' 170: 293–294 〕 which can be active in extremely low concentrations, but recent studies reported other substances as inducers, such as triphenyltin and ethanol. Tributyltin is an anti-fouling agent for boats which affects females of the species ''Nucella lapillus'' (dog whelk), ''Voluta ebraea'' (the Hebrew volute), ''Olivancillaria vesica'', ''Stramonita haemastoma'' (red-mouthed rock shell) and more than 200 other marine gastropods.
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