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. 2014 Mar 13;14:14. doi: 10.1186/1471-213X-14-14

Table 1.

Normal development of H. trivolvis

Stage name
Stage after Meshcheriakov
Stage,%
Size, mm
        (min - max)
Trochophore
Early
19
20
0.16 – 0.19
 
Middle
20
25
0.20 – 0.24
 
Late
21
30
0.25 – 0.31
Veliger
Early
22
35
0.32 – 0.40
 
Middle
23
45
0.41 – 0.47
 
Late “hippo”
24
55
0.48 – 0.56
Metamorphic
Veliconcha
25
65
0.57 – 0.61
 
 
26
75
0.62 – 0.66
 
 
27
85
0.67 – 0.72
Adult-like
 
28
90
0.73 – 0.78
    29 100 0.74 – 0.79

Interrelations between developmental stages after Mescheriakov [51], timing of embryogenesis in%, and the length of specimens in mm are shown. Five hundred specimens were measured.