Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology)
Online ISSN : 2432-9967
Print ISSN : 0042-3580
ISSN-L : 0042-3580
Shell Morphology of Veliger Larvae and Juveniles of the Japanese Top Shell, Turbo (Batillus) cornutus
Ikuo HAYASHI
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1983 Volume 42 Issue 2 Pages 212-216

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Observations of shell morphology of veliger larvae and juveniles of Turbo (Batillus) cornutus are made under a scanning electron microscope (SEM). A larval shell is discoidal with a trumpet-shaped aperture and a sculptured surface. After settlement, a postlarval shell is formed discoidally for a first whorl, and then becomes conispiral with a large umbilicus. It is observed that daily growth checks occur on the postlarval shell.

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© 1983 The Malacological Soceity of Japan
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