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Reproductive Data for Daphnella ornata
egg diameter -
reproductive season May
development metamorphosis occurs when 5 to 5 1/4 whorls are complete; length: 1550 um; width: 750-780 um
occurrence 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 Turridae
genus Daphnella
species ornata
reproduction method sexual