| Diminovula culmen | |
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| 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 [1] | |
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Diminovula culmen is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. [1]
This marine species occurs off East Africa and in the Central Pacific.
Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the cowry allies.
Primovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae, the false cowries.
Crenavolva traillii, common name Traill's ovulid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula aboriginea is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula aurantiomacula is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula caledonica is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula concinna is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula coroniola is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula fainzilberi is species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula incisa is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula kosugei is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula nielseni is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula whitworthi is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Procalpurnus semistriatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Diminovula bilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Sandalia meyeriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Carpiscula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae Schilder, 1924 of the family Ovulidae.
Diminovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae of the family Ovulidae.
Margovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae.
The subfamily Ovulinae, common name the ovulines, is a highly specialized, extant group of sea snails in the family Ovulidae. These are predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Cypraeoidea. Species in this subfamily are sometimes referred to as cowries, although this name is commonly used for any member of the superfamily Cypraeoidea.
