Reproductive Data for Conus rattus (Hwass)

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	October
development	metamorphosis occurs when 4 whorls are complete; length: 1357 um; width: 690 um
occurrence	1) common in basaltic tidepools e.g., Kahuku and Nanakuli, Oahu; 2) plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel
references	1) E. A. Kay in The Systematics of the Cypraeidae Elucidated by a Study of Cypraea caputserpentis and Related Forms, 1957; 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	rattus (Hwass)
reproduction method	sexual