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Reproductive Data for Terebra lanceata
egg diameter -
reproductive season July, August and September
development veligers hatch when 1 1/2 whorls are complete, add 4 additional whorls while planktonic, settle out when they are 1.2-1.6 mm in length and have completed 4 1/4 to 5 1/2 whorls
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel and Dredged Island
references J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neogastropoda
family Terebridae
genus Terebra
species lanceata
reproduction method sexual