teleoconch
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Etymology edit
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teleoconch (plural teleoconchs or teleoconches)
- (zoology) The portion of a shell of a conchiferan mollusc formed immediately after the larval stage of the life cycle of the organism.
- 1995, Haszprunar, G., Salvini-Plawen, L. von, & Rieger, R. M. (1995). Larval planktotrophy—a primative trait in the Bilateria? Acta Zoologica, 76(2), 141–154., page 143:
- the shell produced after metamorphosis is referred to as adult shell or teleoconch.
- 2014, Alan J. Kohn, "Conus" of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean, page 48:
- Teleoconch: The postlarval, postmetamorphic, or postnuclear whorls of the shell. Because Conus shells continue to grow throughout life, the number of teleoconch whorls varies considerably within as well as among species.