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Reproductive Data for Drupella ochrostoma
egg diameter -
reproductive season February, August
development metamorphosis occurs when 4 to 4 1/2 whorls are complete; columellar length approximates 1130 um; width nearly 775 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel, 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 Thaididae
genus Drupella
species ochrostoma
reproduction method sexual