Reproductive Data for Cyprea talpa

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	November
development	metamorphosis occurs when 2 3/4 to 3 whorls are complete; length: 825 um; width: 660 um
occurrence	1) near large coral heads of Waikiki, and down to 60 feet off Nanakuli; 2) plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel
references	1) E. A. Kay in The Systematics of the Cypraeidae Elucidated by a Study of Cypraea caputserpentis and Related Forms, 1957; 2) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order	Neotaenioglossa
family	Cypraeidae
genus	Cyprea
species	talpa
reproduction method	sexual