Reproductive Data for Dendropoma rhyssoconcha
egg diameter | 0.315mm |
reproductive season | continuous, irregular, summer low |
development | direct (hatching as crawling juveniles); hatching size 0.58x0.44mm |
occurrence | subtidal fringing reef, northeastern side Coconut Island, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu |
references | 1) Hadfield et. al. 1972; 2) C. N. Hopper, in The Ecology and Reproductive Biology of Some Hawaiin Vermetid Gastropods, 1981; 3) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Mollusca |
class | Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia) |
order | Neotaenioglossa |
family | Vermetidae |
genus | Dendropoma |
species | rhyssoconcha |
reproduction method | mantle brooding pattern |