Definition of Veliger. Meaning of Veliger. Synonyms of Veliger

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Definition of Veliger

Veliger
Veliger Vel"i*ger, n. [NL., fr. L. velum a veil + gerere bear.] (Zo["o]l.) Any larval gastropod or bivalve mollusk in the state when it is furnished with one or two ciliated membranes for swimming.

Meaning of Veliger from wikipedia

- A veliger is the planktonic larva of many kinds of sea snails and freshwater snails, as well as most bivalve molluscs (clams) and tusk s****. The veliger...
- The Veliger was a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering malacology. The journal was established in 1958 and published its last issue in September...
- Larval Forms and Other Zoological Verses, especially The Ballad of the Veliger. They describe the form and function of several marine larvae as well as...
- are observed during the early veliger stage (5-10% of development) in the apical organ. Slightly later, in the veliger stage (15% of development), peripheral...
- molluscs, annelids, nemerteans and sipunculids trochop**** Certain molluscs veliger Mollusca: freshwater Bivalvia (mussels) glochidium Arthropoda: †Trilobita...
- The larvae or larval stadium: some gastropods may be trochop**** and/or veliger Estivation and hibernation (each of these are present in some gastropods...
- s**** when the body is withdrawn). In most species, there is a swimming veliger larva with a coiled s****, but the s**** is shed at metamorphosis when...
- name Stathmonotus stahli (Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899) Synonyms Auchenistius stahli Evermann & M. C. Marsh, 1899 Histioclinus veliger Metzelaar, 1919...
- Valiguna siamensis (Martens, 1867)(Gastropoda: Soleolifera: Veronicellidae)". Veliger. 50 (3): 163–170. Nixon, P. "Slugs". Home, Yard & Garden Pest Newsletter...
- the prodissoconch I s****. The veliger continues to mature forming the prodissoconch II s****. In the end stage of veliger development photosensitive eye...