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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