Diminovula

Diminovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Eocypraeinae of the family Ovulidae.^[1]

Diminovula
Diminovula margarita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Diminovula Iredale, 1930
Type species
Diminovula verepunctata Iredale, 1930
Synonyms[1]
Adamantia Cate, 1973 Inflatovula Cate, 1973 Primovula (Adamantia) C. N. Cate, 1973 Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) Iredale, 1930

Species

Species within the genus Diminovula include:

• Diminovula aboriginea (Cate, 1973)^[2]
• Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)^[3]
• Diminovula aurantiomacula Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973^[4]
• Diminovula bilineata (Bozzetti, 2009)
• Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1872)^[5]
• Diminovula concinna (Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)^[6]
• Diminovula coroniola (Cate, 1973)^[7]
• Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973)^[8]
• Diminovula dautzenbergi (Schilder, 1931)^[9]
• Diminovula fainzilberi Fehse, 2009^[10]
• Diminovula incisa Azuma & Cate, 1971^[11]
• Diminovula kosugei (Cate, 1973)^[12]
• Diminovula margarita (Sowerby, 1828)^[13]
• Diminovula mozambiquensis Fehse, 2001^[14]
• Diminovula nielseni Cate, 1976^[15]
• Diminovula punctata (Duclos, 1828)
• Diminovula rosadoi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009^[16]
• Diminovula sandrae Lorenz & Fehse, 2011
• Diminovula stigma (Cate, 1978)^[17]
• Diminovula whitworthi Cate, 1973^[18]

Species brought in synonymy

• Diminovula anulata Fehse, 2001:^[19] 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)

References

1. Diminovula Iredale, 1930. WoRMS (2010). Diminovula Iredale, 1930. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430492 on 6 June 2010 .
2. Diminovula aboriginea (Cate, 1973). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
3. Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
4. Diminovula aurantiomacula Cate & Azuma in Cate, 1973. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
5. Diminovula caledonica (Crosse, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
6. Diminovula concinna (G.B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
7. Diminovula coroniola (Cate, 1973). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
8. Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
9. Diminovula dautzenbergi (F.A. Schilder, 1931). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
10. Diminovula fainzilberi Fehse, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
11. Diminovula incisa Azuma & Cate, 1971. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
12. Diminovula kosugei (Cate, 1973). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
13. Diminovula margarita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
14. Diminovula mozambiquensis Fehse, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
15. Diminovula nielseni Cate, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
16. Diminovula rosadoi Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
17. Diminovula stigma (Cate, 1978). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
18. Diminovula whitworthi Cate, 1973. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.
19. Diminovula anulata Fehse, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 June 2010.

• Duclos P.L., 1828. Description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Ovule de l'océan éthiopique. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (2)4: 248

External links

• Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
• Cate C.N. (1973). A systematic revision of the recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. The Veliger. 15 (supplement): 1-117.