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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