Two of the three major gastropod clades with feeding larvae are sister groups and larval
morphogenesis for members of these clades, the Caenogastropoda and Heterobranchia …

The Neritimorpha is an ancient clade of gastropods that may have acquired larval
planktotrophy independently of the evolution of this developmental mode in other …

The early ontogeny of gastropods (ie, planktotrophic vs. nonplanktotrophic) may be inferable
from the morphology of the protoconch in adult shells. The protoconch consists of both …

Evolutionary transitions between different modes of development in marine invertebrates are
thought to be biased toward the loss of feeding larvae. Because the morphology of feeding …

Post-Paleozoic life history transitions in mollusks and echinoderms have been biased
toward switches from feeding, planktonic larvae (planktotrophic), to one of the non-feeding …

Extent of larval growth among marine invertebrates has potentially profound implications for
performance by benthic recruits because body size influences many biological processes …

The structural changes undergone by the digestive system of a phytoplanktotrophic
nudibranch larva during metamorphosis into a benthic carnivore are described using …

Body size during larval development is one of the most important attributes of aquatic
animals. The optimal size for changing form or habitat may vary according to ecological traits …

Shell‐anchored muscles that extend into the cephalopodium of five species of
planktotrophic nudibranch larvae were studied by ultrastructural examination of sequential …

The planktonic larvae of marine invertebrates are diverse in their nutritional modes,
suggesting that evolutionary transitions in larval nutritional mode have been frequent. One …