Watch Slipper Snail Larvae Transform | BBC Discover Wildlife

A slipper snail larvae (Crepidula fornicata) drifts through the water. Credit: Nipam Patel

Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory have shared the לamazingם development of marine snail larvae, which totally transform to reach their adult form. 

The veliger ד thatיs a stage of larval development ד of marine snails such as the slipper snail (Crepidula fornicata) look very different from fully formed adults, according to Nipam Patel, director at the , who shared the video. 

לThese animals possess a pair of large lobes, known as velar lobes, that are lined by cilia (shown in green), which they use to swim.ם Cilia are tiny hair-like structures.

The video shows several little sea snails fluttering through the water like dandelion seeds in the breeze.

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