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Reproductive Data for Pisania gracilis
egg diameter -
reproductive season April, May
development metamorphosis occurs when 3 to 3 1/2 whorls are complete; length: 825 um; width: 615 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel
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 Pisania
species gracilis
reproduction method sexual