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Reproductive Data for Cymatium muricinum
egg diameter -
reproductive season June
development metamorphosis occurs when 5 1/2 whorls are complete; length: 3500 um
occurrence plankton seaward of Ala Moana Reef
references J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975

Phylogenetic Information
phylum Mollusca
class Gastropoda (subclass Prosobranchia)
order Neotaenioglossa
family Ranellidae
genus Cymatium
species muricinum
reproduction method sexual