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An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms |
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| by Paul S. Mikkelsen | |||
| Term | Definition |
| LARVA (pl. LARVAE) |
The juvenile stage, following the egg, of many forms of life; usually provides a mechanism for dispersal of the species; see also: DORATOPSIS; ECHINOSPIRA; GLOCHIDIUM; LECITHOTROPHIC; NEOTENY; PEDIVELIGER; PLANKTOTROPHIC; PROTOCONCH; RHYNCHOTEUTHIS; SPAT; TROCHOPHORE; VELIGER. | |
| PARALARVA | In CEPHALOPODS, the first free-living form of the organism, typically found in surface PLANKTON. | |
| POSTLARVAL | After the LARVAL stage; after METAMORPHOSIS.. | |
| YOLK LARVAE | See: LECITHOTROPHIC. | |
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