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Reproductive Data for Cellana exarata (Reeve)
egg diameter 142-162 um (X=160 um)
reproductive season September-November and March-May; during new moon
development indirect (trochophor, ealy and late veliger)
occurrence exposed rocky intertidal shores (primarily the upper-intertidal and supratidal zones) e.g. Makai Pier, Oahu
references G.C.Corpuz in Life History Traits Influencing Vertical Zonation in the Hawaiian Intertidal Species of Cellana, 1983

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Archaeogastropoda
family Patellidae
genus Cellana
species exarata (Reeve)
reproduction method Sexual