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Mollusc Larva	Veliger Larva	Pteropoda Sea Butterflies

• Molluscs develop from eggs that are either retained in the mantle cavity of the adult, deposited on a surface or shed into the water column.
• Development is through one or two trochophore stages.
• The early larval stages of many mollusc species have not been described.