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.

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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