Diminovula culmen
| Diminovula culmen | |
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| 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] | |
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Pseudosimnia culmen Cate, 1973 | |
Diminovula culmen is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off East Africa and in the Central Pacific.
References
- 1 2 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.
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