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

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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Term Definition

ONTOGENY   The successional growth stages of a species. See also: PHYLOGENY.

See Wikipedia for Ernst Haekel's "Recapitulation Theory" that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
   


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