veliger larva

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• veliger — /vee li jeuhr/, n. a larval stage of certain mollusks, intermediate between the trochophore and the adult form. [1875 80; < NL; see VELUM, I , GEROUS] * * * ▪ mollusk larva       larva typical of certain mollusks such as marine snails and… …   Universalium

• Veliger — A veliger is the free swimming, planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and fresh water gastropod molluscs, as well as a number of bivalves ( Dreissena species ). Swimming is accomplished by one or more ciliated membranes. External links * [http …   Wikipedia

• veliger — Free living larval form of some invertebrates, develops from the trochophore larva …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… …   Universalium

• mollusk — molluskan, molluscan /meuh lus keuhn/, adj., n. mollusklike, adj. /mol euhsk/, n. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body,… …   Universalium

• Ostrea lurida — Olympia oyster Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Amphibola crenata — Taxobox name = Amphibola crenata (mud flat snail) image caption = status = regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Pulmonata familia = Amphibolidae familia authority = J. E. Gray, 1840 genus = Amphibola genus authority =… …   Wikipedia

• Dolabrifera dolabrifera — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Concholepas concholepas — Two live individuals of Concholepas concholepas; the one on the left has been turned over to show the underside of the large muscular foot Scientific classification King …   Wikipedia

• veliconch — n. [L. velum, curtain; concha, shell] (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia) The shell of the veliger larva; prodissoconch …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …   Universalium