Reproductive Data for Littorina picta (Phillipi)
egg diameter | capsule: dorsal/ventral: 160 um, lateral: 100 um, egg 60 um |
reproductive season | continously |
development | trochophore to veliger larvae |
occurrence | rocky, supratidal region, e.g. Hanauma Bay, Kaena Point, Kahuku Point (Oahu) |
references | J.A. Whipple in The Comparative Ecology of the Hawaiian Littorina, 1967 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Mollusca |
class | Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia) |
order | Mesogastropoda |
family | Littorinidae |
genus | Littorina |
species | picta (Phillipi) |
reproduction method | sexual |