Diminovula culmen

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

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. 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.
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