Mollusca: Pteropods 6.4. Southern Ocean Pteropods
Pteropods are small free-swimming planktonic gastropods. Their informal name derives from the modified molluscan foot (-‘poda’) to form paired swimming wings (‘ptero’-) in both the Thecosomata (‘covered ’ or shelled pteropods) and the Gymnosomata (‘naked ’ or shell-less pteropods). Both...
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| Summary: | Pteropods are small free-swimming planktonic gastropods. Their informal name derives from the modified molluscan foot (-‘poda’) to form paired swimming wings (‘ptero’-) in both the Thecosomata (‘covered ’ or shelled pteropods) and the Gymnosomata (‘naked ’ or shell-less pteropods). Both |
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