Diminovula culmen

Diminovula culmen is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Diminovula culmen
A false cowry (Diminovula culmen) inhabiting a soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Ovulidae
Subfamily:
Prionovolvinae
Genus:
Diminovula
Species:
D. culmen
Binomial name
Diminovula culmen
(Cate, 1973)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudosimnia culmen Cate, 1973

Distribution

This marine species occurs off East Africa and in the Central Pacific.

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References
  1. Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973). WoRMS (2009). Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430621 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
  • "Diminovula culmen". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Photos of Diminovula culmen on Sealife Collection


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