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Reproductive Data for Mitrella bella
egg diameter -
reproductive season October
development metamorphosis occurs when 2 3/4 to 3 whorls are complete; length: 850 um; width: 470 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay near 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 Columbellidae
genus Mitrella
species bella
reproduction method sexual