Reproductive Data for Cypraea fimbriata (Gmelin)

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	March through October
development	metamorphosis occurs when 3 3/4 - 3 1/2 whorls are complete; length: 1080 um; width: 1090 um
occurrence	1) under dead coral in inch-deep water; under living coral at the breaker line of the Waikiki reef; dead coral at 180 feet; living coral at 60 feet; 2) plankton in Kaneohe bay, Sampan Channel, Dredged Island
references	1) E. A. Kay in The Systematics of the Cypraeidae Elucidated by a Study of Cypraea caputserpentis and Related Forms, 1957; 2) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order	Neotaenioglossa
family	Cypraeidae
genus	Cypraea
species	fimbriata (Gmelin)
reproduction method	sexual