Veliger
Sign in to savethumb|9 day old veliger of the nudibranch Tritonia diomedea with various organs and structures labeled. Larval size about 200 um on its long axis. thumb|Veliger of sea hare [[Dolabrifera dolabrifera, with two rows of cilia visible]]
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Life cycle
- Veliger of gastropods
- Echinospira
- Veliger of bivalves
- Veliger of scaphopods
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|9 day old veliger of the nudibranch Tritonia diomedea with various organs and structures labeled. Larval size about 200 um on its long axis. thumb|Veliger of sea hare [[Dolabrifera dolabrifera, with two rows of cilia visible]]
A veliger is the planktonic larva of many kinds of sea snails and freshwater snails, as well as most bivalve molluscs (clams) and tusk shells.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Veliger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.