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Reproductive Data for Vexillum interruptum
egg diameter -
reproductive season March through July
development metamorphosis occurs when 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 whorls are complete; length: 900 um; width: 490 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel and Deredged Island
references J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neogastropoda
family Costellariidae
genus Vexillum
species interruptum
reproduction method sexual