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Diminovula culmen
A false cowry (Diminovula culmen) inhabiting a soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.)
Scientific 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
Pseudosimnia culmen Cate, 1973

Diminovula culmen is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

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.

External links

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

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