The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) : $b A treatise on comparative embryology: InvertebrataBalfour, Francis M. (Francis Maitland)
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The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) : $b A treatise on comparative embryology: Invertebrata
Balfour, Francis M. (Francis Maitland)
Embryology; Zoology
At a later period the shell-gland becomes everted, and a nautiloid
shell developed. The alimentary tract becomes completed, though the
two yolk cells long retain their original distinctness. The
shell-muscle is developed, and peculiar pigmented bodies are formed
below the velum. The foot becomes prominent and acquires an operculum.
The metamorphosis of Tergipes has been more or less completely worked
out by Nordmann and by Schultze (No. 271).
In _Tergipes Edwardsii_ worked out by the former author, the larva
when hatched is provided with a large velum, eyes, tentacles, an
elongated operculated foot, and mantle. In the next stage both shell
and operculum are thrown off, and the body becomes elongated and
pointed behind. Still later a pair of gill-processes with hepatic
diverticula becomes formed.
The velum next becomes reduced, and two small processes, which give
rise to the lip tentacles and a second pair of gills, sprout out. An
ecdysis now takes place, and leads to further changes which soon
result in the attainment of the adult form.
In _Tergipes lacinulatus_, observed by Schultze, the velum atrophies
before the shell and operculum are thrown off.
Pulmonata. The development of the fresh-water Pulmonata appears from
Lankester's observations on the pond-snail (Lymnæus) to be very similar
in all important particulars to that of marine Branchiogasteropoda.
The velum is however less developed than in most marine forms. The
shell-gland, etc. have the normal development. In Lymnæus the
blastopore has an elongated form and it is still a matter of dispute
whether it closes at the mouth or anus.
In the Helicidæ there is a gastrula by epibole. The shell-gland, as
may be gathered from Von Jhering's figures, has the usual form, and an
external shell of the usual larval type is developed. There is a
ciliated process above the mouth, which extends into the lumen of the
mouth. This process is often regarded as a rudimentary velum, but
probably has not this value. There is no other organ which can be
homologous with the velum.
The development of Limax presents some peculiarities. The yolk-spheres
(hypoblast) form a large mass enclosed by the epiblast cells. A
shell-gland is formed in the usual situation, which however, instead
of being everted, as in ordinary forms, becomes closed, and in its
interior are deposited calcareous plates which give rise to the
permanently internal shell. The foot grows out posteriorly, and
contains a large provisional contractile vesicle, traversed by
muscular strands which contract rhythmically.
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