Species Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ovulum alabaster Reeve, L.A. 1865. Monograph of the genus Ovulum. pls 1, 3-14 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 5, figs. 23a-b].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1829, "Senegal" (erroneous) designated "Geralia, Exmouth Gulf, West Australia [22°00'S, 114°15'E].
• Ovula lactea Tryon, G.W. 1885. Manual of Conchology - Structural and Systematic: With Illustrations of the Species. 1 Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 7 308, 63 pl. [247].
• Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) verepunctata Schilder, 1941.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.29308 dry, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia [27°15'0"S,153°15'0"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [200]
• Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) alabaster (Reeve, 1865). —
  Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [26-27]
• Diminovula lactea (Tryon, 1885). —
  Iredale, T. 1930. Queensland Molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 73–88 [85]
• Primovula (Diminovula) verepunctata (Schilder, 1941). —
  Allan, J. 1956. Cowry Shells of World Seas. Melbourne : Georgian House 170 pp. [123]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Primovula (Diminovula) cristallina. —
  Allan, J. 1956. Cowry Shells of World Seas. Melbourne : Georgian House 170 pp. [123]
• Primovula (Diminovula) verepunctata. —
  Allan, J. 1956. Cowry Shells of World Seas. Melbourne : Georgian House 170 pp. [123]
• Diminovula lactea Iredale, 1930. —
  Iredale, T. 1930. Queensland Molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10(1): 73–88 [85]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

 

General References

Cate, C.N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger supplement 15: 1-116 [26-27]

Fehse, D. 2001. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ovulidae (Gastropoda: Cypraeoidea). V. Drei neue Arten von östlichen und westlichen Indopazifik. Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 17: 29-35 [34]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [59]

Lorenz, F. & Fehse, D. 2009. The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. ConchBooks pp. 1-651. [51, pls 41, 42, 44, A33-A35]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [200]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		24-Jan-2012	MODIFIED