Diminovula culmen
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| A false cowry (Diminovula culmen) inhabiting a soft coral (Dendronephthya sp.) | |
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| Species: | D. culmen
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| Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973)
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Diminovula culmen is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
Description
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off East Africa and in the Central Pacific.
References
- ^ 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
- "Diminovula culmen". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Photos of Diminovula culmen on Sealife Collection
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