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COPYRIGHT 2001 Natural History Magazine, Inc.
A Larva By Any Other Name
On page 56 of "A World Apart," by Gregory A. Wray (3/01), two photographs illustrate the drastic morphological change that occurs in a snail at metamorphosis. Unfortunately, the photographs are of two decidedly different types of snails. While the adult nudibranch is correctly identified, the veliger larva is not a nudibranch. Its multispiral, heavily sculptured, darkly colored shell, plus its large four-lobed velum, point to a different type of snail, one of the neogastropods.
Paula M. Mikkelsen, Ph.D. Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History
THE PHOTOGRAPHER, PETER PARKS, RESPONDS: Paula Mikkelsen is quite right. The original slide for this photo was mislabeled. It...
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