Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Ridged Egg Cowrie
Diminovula culmen
Ridged Egg Cowrie
Category: Allied Cowries
Scientific Name: Diminovula culmen
Synonyms: Pseudosimnia culmen
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (1.3 cm)  
Distribution: West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Ovulidae (Family)
     └Diminovula (Genus)
      └D. culmen (Species)
WoRMS ID: 430621🔗
iNaturalist ID: 525302🔗

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