Reproductive Data for Cypraea erosa (Linnaeus)

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	March through September
development	metamorphosis occurs when 3 3/4 whorls are complete; length: 850-900 um; width: 630 um
occurrence	1) rare; 2) Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel, and Ala Moana Reef
references	1) E. A. Kay in The Systematics of the Cypraeidae Elucidated by a Study of Cypraea caputserpentis and Related Forms, 1957; 20 J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order	Neotaenioglossa
family	Cypraeidae (subfamily Cypraeinae)
genus	Cypraea
species	erosa (Linnaeus)
reproduction method	sexual