A veliger is the planktonic larva of many kinds of sea snails and freshwater snails, marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs (clams) and tusk shells. == Description == The veliger is the characteristic larva of the gastropod, bivalve and scaphopod taxonomic classes. It is produced following either the embryonic o...
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• (n.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.
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larva typical of certain mollusks such as marine snails and bivalves. The veliger develops from trochophore (q.v.) larva and has large, ciliated ... [2 related articles]
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Free-living larval form of some invertebrates, develops from the trochophore larva.
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Vel'i·ger noun [ New Latin , from Latin
velum a veil +
gerere bear.]
(Zoology) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.
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a free swimming larval stage in molluscs.
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