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Reproductive Data for Monostiolum decapitatus
egg diameter -
reproductive season May thorugh August
development metamorphosis occurs when 3 whorls are complete; length: 940 um; width: 640 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel and Dredged Island
references J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neogastropoda
family Buccinidae
genus Monostiolum
species decapitatus
reproduction method sexual