Reproductive Data for Conus pulicarius

egg diameter	150 um
reproductive season	June through September
development	1) prehatching period: 12 days, hatching size: 0.278 mm, settling size: 1.250 mm; 2) Metamorphosis occurs when 4 3/4 to 5 whorls are complete; length: 1220-1250 um; width: 620 um
occurrence	plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel
references	1) F.E. Perron in The Reproductive Ecology of Conus in Hawaii, 1981; 2) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order	Neogastropoda
family	Conidae
genus	Conus
species	pulicarius
reproduction method	sexual