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Reproductive Data for Trinoturris elegans
egg diameter -
reproductive season May through August
development metamorphosis occurs when 3 to 3 1/4 whorls are complete; length: 840-870 um; width: 450 um
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 Turridae
genus Trinoturris
species elegans
reproduction method sexual