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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