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Table 12.5
Modes of larval development for deep-sea molluscs, as inferred from protoconch and prodissoconch sizes and morphologies
Taxon
Region
Depths (m)
Planktotrophic
Families
Species
Non-planktotrophic
Families
Species
References
NON-VENT AND SEEP SPECIES
Archaeogastropoda
NW Atlantic
478–4970
0
0
−
22
Rex and War´ en (1982)
Mesogastropoda
NW Atlantic
478–4970
−
12
−
21
Rex and War´ en (1982)
Neogastropoda
NW Atlantic
478–4970
−
33
−
19
Rex and War´ en (1982)
Gastropoda
NE Atlantic
2500–5300
15
(30%)
−
−
Bouchet and War´ en (1979)
Gastropoda
Norwegian Sea
2500–4000
−
3
−
11
Bouchet and War´ en (1979)
Prosobranch gastropods
NE Atlantic
various
−
10
−
B
Bouchet (1976b)
Prosobranch gastropods
NE Atlantic
2200–2900
−
6
−
8
Colman et al. (1986b)
Gastropoda
world
1000–5400
27
−
5
B
Bouchet and War´ en (1994)
Bivalvia
Norwegian Sea
2500–4000
−
1
−
5
Bouchet and War´ en (1979)
VENT AND SEEP SPECIES
Gastropoda
Atlantic, Pacific
various
−
3
−
39
Gustafson and Lutz (1994)
Archaeogastropoda
Pacific
2500
−
0
−
4
Craddock et al. (1997)
Bivalvia
Atlantic, Pacific
various
1
5
−
2
Gustafson and Lutz (1994)