Question

Which of the following is a Molluscan Larvae
(1) Bipinnaria (ii) Veliger (iii) Parenchymula (iv) Auricularis
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Veliger, larva typical of certain mollusks such as marine snails and bivalves and a few freshwater bivalves. The veliger develops from the trochophore (q.v.) larva and has large, ciliated lobes (velum). The velum forms from the ciliary ring (prototroch), a characteristic of the trochophore stage.

Answer 2

Veliger

A veliger is the planktonic larva of many kinds of sea snails and freshwater snails, as well as most bivalve molluscs (clams) and tusk shells.

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