{"scientificNameAuthorship":"(Duclos, 1831)","RecordModifiedOn":"2019-09-16","CAAB_code":"24156013","phylum":"Mollusca","Notes":"This species was originally described from Réunion, and the type is lost. It is extremely unlikely to occur in Australian waters, and is currently regarded as a <i>nomen dubium</i>. The shell from eastern Australia attributed to this name by Cate (1973) differs greatly from the shell illustrated by Duclos, and any Australian records of this taxon should be re-examined to determine their true identity. See Lorenz & Fehse, 2009.","habitat":"Marine unspecified<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"Lorenz, F., Fehse, D., 2009, <i>The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae.</i>. ConchBooks, Heckenheim, Germany 651pp.","Parent_Id":24156907,"scientificName":"Diminovula punctata","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Littorinimorpha","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"Wilson, B., 1993, <i>Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I</i>. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.","vernacularName":"[an allied cowrie]","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"2003-09-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872472","family":"Ovulidae","standardName":"","class":"Gastropoda","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0ae2413b-5e88-470e-8510-017cebdbca7d","CAAB_status":"Valid"}