''Diminovula bilineata'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Diminovula bilineata (Bozzetti, 2009). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442707 on 2022-02-23]
Description
The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
Madagascar.
References
* Bozzetti L. (2009) Pseudosimnia bilineata (Gastropoda: Ovulidae: Ovulinae) nuova specie dal Madagascar meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 64: 17-18
* Lorenz, F. and G. Rosenberg. (2020). A new species of Pseudosimnia from Hawaii (Gastropoda: Ovulidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 19: 77-84.
Ovulidae
Gastropods described in 2009
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