Reproductive Data for Conus abbreviatus
egg diameter | 170 um |
reproductive season | January, February, July, and August |
development | Found in the plankton for the length of time required to change columellar length from 270-300 um to more than 1100 um; prehatching period: 14 -15 days, hatching size: 0.270 mm, pelagic period: 32 days, settling size: 1.120 mm |
occurrence | Kaneohe Bay Sampan Channel in the plankton; 2) subtidal reef platforms, e.g. Hauula, Oahu; 3) limestone benches and basaltic tidepools e.g., Kahuku and Nanakuli, Oahu |
references | 1) J.B. Taylor in Planktonic Prosobranch Veligers of Kaneohe Bay, 1975; 2) F.E. Perron in The Reproductive Ecology of Conus in Hawaii, 1981; 3) 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 | Neogastropoda |
family | Conidae |
genus | Conus |
species | abbreviatus |
reproduction method | sexual |