Planktonic gastropod larvae from the Red Sea: A synopsis

Abstract
Plankton hauls, which were taken during a Red-Sea-cruise of the research vessel METEOR in 1987, have been examined with regard to gastropods having a planktonic phase in their early ontogeny. Veligers of at least 75 different species could be recognized, most of which are described here. They can be attributed to 27 families, of which 24 belong to the subclass Caenogastropoda.