Reproductive Data for Nerita picea (Recluz)

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	continuous with peak settlement during winter (February)
development	trocophore to veliger
occurrence	1) exposed basaltic boulders and tidepools e.g., Kahuku and Nanakuli, Oahu; 2) plankton in Sampan Channel, Dredged Island; inner Kaneohe Bay
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	Archeogastropoda
family	Neritidae
genus	Nerita
species	picea (Recluz)
reproduction method	sexual