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Reproductive Data for Terebra maculata
egg diameter -
reproductive season July, September and October
development veligers hatch when 1 whorl is complete, add 2 more whorls while planktonic, settle out when they are 700-800 um in length and have completed 3 to 3 1/2 whorls
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel and Dredged Island
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 Terebra
species maculata
reproduction method sexual