Reproductive Data for Coralliophira violacea
egg diameter | - |
reproductive season | July, August |
development | metamorphosis occurs when 3 1/4 whorls are complete; length: 945 um; width: 750 um |
occurrence | plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel, and Ala Moana Reef in Honolulu |
references | J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Mollusca |
class | Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia) |
order | Neogastropoda |
family | Coralliophilidae |
genus | Coralliophira |
species | violacea |
reproduction method | sexual |