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 |