CONCH-L Archives

Conchologists List

CONCH-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Options: Use Forum View

Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Volutes
From:
David Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:45:25 -0400
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (22 lines) 
>Hi everyone,
>
>Does anyone know of any type of Volutes which originate as free swimming
>veligers?


The living species are all believed to hatch as crawling juveniles;
however, some fossil species are thought to retain the ancestral veliger.
This includes several species of Athleta s.l. and Voluticorbis in the
Paleogene.

Dr. David Campbell
"Old Seashells"
Department of Geological Sciences
CB 3315 Mitchell Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3315 USA
[log in to unmask], 919-962-0685, FAX 919-966-4519

"He had discovered an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus"-E. A. Poe, The
Gold Bug

ATOM RSS1 RSS2