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Reproductive Data for Conus vexillum
egg diameter 140 um
reproductive season May to October
development prehatching period: 11.5 - 12.5 days, hatching size: 0.245 mm, settling size: 2.000 mm
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel
references 1) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975; 2) F.E. Perron in The Reproductive Ecology of Conus in Hawaii, 1981

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neogastropoda
family Conidae
genus Conus
species vexillum
reproduction method sexual