Reproductive Data for Conus pennaceus
egg diameter | 460 um |
reproductive season | May-August |
development | hatch when 2 1/4 whorls complete at a columellar length of 1250-1300 um |
occurrence | 1) common in basaltic tidepools, such as at Kahuku and Nanakuli, Oahu; 2) Maili Point, Oahu |
references | 1) E. A. Kay in The Systematics of the Cypraeidae Elucidated by a Study of Cypraea caputserpentis and Related Forms, 1957; 2) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Mollusca |
class | Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia) |
order | Neogastropoda |
family | Conidae |
genus | Conus |
species | pennaceus |
reproduction method | sexual |