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Tegula pfeifferi Top Shell Broadcast Spawning

This is a male Pfeiffer's Top Shell (Tegula pfeifferi) engaged in broadcast spawning. Unlike the dramatic pulse ejection of eggs by females, males of this species dribble sperm into the water a little at a time, with frequent pauses.

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Sea Snail Mollusk Top Shell Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Trochida Tegulidae Tegula pfeifferi Pfeiffer's Top Shell Bate-ira Reproduction Spawning Sperm Pacific Japan Kagoshima Prefecture
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Marine Life Reproduction, Marine Life | Japan
This is a male Pfeiffer's Top Shell (Tegula pfeifferi) engaged in broadcast spawning. Unlike the dramatic pulse ejection of eggs by females, males of this species dribble sperm into the water a little at a time, with frequent pauses.
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