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Diminovula

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Diminovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae of the family Ovulidae.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyOvulidae
Habitatmarine
Observations218

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Specimen records
40
Family
Ovulidae
Collections
CAS, MNHN, UF, AM, MCZ, MAGNT
Recorded in
Philippines, Australia, Madagascar

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Diminovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae of the family Ovulidae.

==Species== Species within the genus Diminovula include: Diminovula aboriginea (Cate, 1973) Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865) Diminovula aurantiomacula Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973 Diminovula bilineata (Bozzetti, 2009) Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1872) Diminovula concinna (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Diminovula coroniola (Cate, 1973) Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973) Diminovula dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931) Diminovula fainzilberi Fehse, 2009 Diminovula incisa Azuma & Cate, 1971 Diminovula kosugei (Cate, 1973) Diminovula margarita (Sowerby, 1828) Diminovula mozambiquensis Fehse, 2001 Diminovula nielseni Cate, 1976 Diminovula punctata (Duclos, 1828) Diminovula rosadoi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009 Diminovula sandrae Lorenz & Fehse, 2011 Diminovula stigma (Cate, 1978) Diminovula whitworthi Cate, 1973 Species brought in synonymy: Diminovula anulata Fehse, 2001: synonym of Margovula anulata (Fehse, 2001) Diminovula cavanaghi Iredale, 1931: synonym of Globovula cavanaghi (Iredale, 1931) Diminovula sinensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1874): synonym of Margovula marginata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828)

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