Diminovula alabaster

Diminovula alabaster is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Diminovula alabaster
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. alabaster
Binomial name
Diminovula alabaster
(Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiperas ovoideus H. Adams, 1873
  • Ovula cristallina Kiener, 1843
  • Ovulum alabaster Reeve, 1865
  • Primovula pyriformis Allan, 1956
  • Pseudosimnia alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
  • Pseudosimnia pyriformis Schilder, 1941
  • Pseudosimnia pyriformis Kuroda, 1958
  • Pseudosimnia verepunctata Iredale, 1930

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865). WoRMS (2009). Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430607 on 5 June 2010 .

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