Editing Veliger (section)

{{Short description|Larval stage of some snails}}
{{for-multi|the scientific journal|The Veliger{{!}}''The Veliger''|the ballad|Walter Garstang#The Ballad of the Veliger{{!}}Walter Garstang § ''The Ballad of the Veliger''}}
[[File:9d old veliger larva of the nudibranch Tritonia diomedea.jpg|thumb|9 day old veliger of the nudibranch ''[[Tritonia diomedea]]'' with various organs and structures labeled. Larval size about 200 um on its long axis.]]
[[File:Dolabrifera5.jpg|thumb|Veliger of [[sea hare]] ''[[Dolabrifera dolabrifera]]'', with two rows of [[cilia]] visible]]

A '''veliger''' is the [[plankton]]ic [[larva]] of many kinds of [[sea snails]] and [[freshwater snails]], as well as most [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s (clams) and [[tusk shell]]s.