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Reproductive Data for Vexillum bellum
egg diameter -
reproductive season August
development metamorphosis occurs when 2 2/3 to 3 whorls are complete; length: 800 um; width: 440 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 Costellariidae
genus Vexillum
species bellum
reproduction method sexual