Date of Award
1973
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
Department
Graduate School
First Advisor
James A. Blake
First Committee Member
Victor Loosanoff
Second Committee Member
Edmund H. Smith
Abstract
In the present study, characteristics of egg masses and egg capsules of the four most abundant California littorinaceans (Lacuna marmorata, L. unifasciata; Littorina planaxis, and L. scutulata) are described. Development within the egg capsule at ambient water temperature is followed to hatching and early weligers are described to facilitate their separation from the plankton.
Pages
76
Recommended Citation
Murray, Talbot E. Jr.. (1973). Development in Lacuna and Littorina (Mesogastropoda: Littorinacea) from California with emphasis on egg masses, egg capsules and larvae. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1802