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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Diminovula
Species:
D. culmen
Binomial name
Diminovula culmen
(Cate, 1973)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudosimnia culmen Cate, 1973

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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  • "Diminovula culmen". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Photos of Diminovula culmen on Sealife Collection