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Reproductive Data for Kermia melanoxytum
egg diameter -
reproductive season January, March and April
development metamorphosis occurs when 3 1/2 to 4 whorls are complete; length; 695 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay at 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 Kermia
species melanoxytum
reproduction method sexual