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Reproductive Data for Mitrella margarita
egg diameter -
reproductive season January
development metamorphosis occurs when 3 to 3 1/4 whorls are complete; length: 910 um; width: 560 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel
references J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neogastropoda
family Columbellidae
genus Mitrella
species margarita
reproduction method sexual