Diminovula caledonica

Diminovula caledonica
	Shell of Diminovula caledonica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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. caledonica
Binomial name
	Diminovula caledonica; (Crosse, 1872)
Synonyms
	Ovula caldeonica Crosse, 1872; Ovula pudica sensu Tryon, 1885 not A. Adams, 1855; Pseudosimnia caledonica (Crosse, 1872);

Diminovula caledonica is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.4 mm.

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

^ ^a ^b Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1872). WoRMS (2009). Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430618 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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