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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 156013 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Diminovula punctata   (Duclos, 1831)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 156 Ovulidae (allied cowries) - show full list Common Name: [an allied cowrie] Organism Type: an allied cowrie Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Special purpose listing - see taxon notes Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 24 156907     Diminovula spp.

Taxon 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 nomen dubium. 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.

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0ae2413b-5e88-470e-8510-017cebdbca7d Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:872472 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against:	Lorenz, F., Fehse, D., 2009, The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae.. ConchBooks, Heckenheim, Germany 651pp.