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Reproductive Data for Cypraea tessellata (Swainson)
egg diameter -
reproductive season -
development -
occurrence in five to 40 feet of water, under coral, or deeply embedded in coral heads
references E. A. Kay in The Systematics of the Cypraeidae Elucidated by a Study of Cypraea caputserpentis and Related Forms, 1957

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neotaenioglossa
family Cypraeidae (subfamily Cypraeinae)
genus Cypraea
species tessellata (Swainson)
reproduction method copulation