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VELIGER
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VELIGER
[
vee
-li-jer
]
Veliger
[
vee
-li-jer
]
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/
ˈvi
lɪ
dʒər
/
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A
veliger
is the free-swimming,
planktonic
larva
of many kinds of
marine
and fresh-water
gastropod
molluscs
, as well as a number of
bivalves
(
Dreissena
species
).
Swimming is accomplished by one or more
ciliated
membranes.
External links
The Veliger, Publication of the California Malacozoological Society
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