Reproductive Data for Hastula inconstans
egg diameter | 100 um |
reproductive season | May, June and July |
development | veligers hatch when 1 whorl is complete, add 2 to 2 1/2 additional whorls while planktonic, settle out when they are 650-850 um in length and have completed 3 to 3 1/2 whorls |
occurrence | plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel |
references | J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975 |
Phylogenetic Information
phylum | Mollusca |
class | Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia) |
order | Neogastropoda |
family | Terebridae |
genus | Hastula |
species | inconstans |
reproduction method | sexual |