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Reproductive Data for Cyprea chinensis
egg diameter -
reproductive season February
development metamorphosis occurs when 4 - 4 1/2 whorls are complete; length: 1050 um; width: 1050 um
occurrence plankton in Kaneohe Bay, Sampan Channel
references J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neotaenioglossa
family Cypreacea
genus Cyprea
species chinensis
reproduction method sexual