An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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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.

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YOLK LARVAE		See: LECITHOTROPHIC.

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