Diminovula culmen is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
| Diminovula culmen | |
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| A false cowry (Diminovula culmen) inhabiting a soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Diminovula |
| Species: | D. culmen
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| Binomial name | |
| Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off East Africa and in the Central Pacific.
References
edit- ^ 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diminovula culmen.
- "Diminovula culmen". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Photos of Diminovula culmen on Sealife Collection