Reproductive Data for Conus sponsalis

egg diameter	135 um
reproductive season	August
development	1) metamorphosis occurs when 5 to 5 1/3 whorls are complete; length: 1450 um; width: 695 um; 2) prehatching period: 11 days, hatching size: 0.220 mm, settling size: 1.450 mm
occurrence	plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel
references	1) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975; 2) F.E. Perron in The Reproductive Ecology of Conus in Hawaii, 1981

Phylogenetic Information

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