Diminovula alabaster
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430607 on 2026-08-03
created: 2009-11-17T11:00:37Z
modified: 2015-02-07T22:11:21Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Diminovula alabaster (Reeve, 1865)
class: Gastropoda
family: Ovulidae
genus: Diminovula
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Adams, H. (1872). Further descriptions of new species of shells collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq., in the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1872: 9-12, pl. 3.
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1865). Monograph of the genus Ovulum. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 15, pl. 1-14 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-8, Mar. 1865 [pl. 2 as “1862”]; 9-10, 13-14, Jun. 1865; 1, 11-12, May 1865].
name published in: Kiener L.C. (1843-1850). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 1. Famille des Enroulées. Genres Porcelaine (Cypraea), Linné, pp. 1-166, pl. 1-57 [pp. 1-32 (1844), 33-166 (1845), pl. 7-8, 11, 14-16, 22 (1843), 1-6, 9-10, 12-13, 17-21, 23-54 (1844), 55-57 (1845)], Ovule (Ovula), Lamarck, pp. 1-27, pl. 1-5 [pp. 1-27 (1844), pl. 1-5 (1843)], Tarière (Terebellum), Lamarck, pp. 1-3, pl. 1 [pp 1-3 (1850), pl. 1 (1844)], Ancillaire (Ancillaria), Lamarck, pp. 1-31, pl. 1-6. [pp 1-31 (1844), pl. 1-6 (1843)]. Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.
name published in: Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9 [28 August 1930].
name published in year: 1872
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1843-1850
name published in year: 1930
order: Littorinimorpha
parent name usage ID: 430492
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Reeve, 1865)
specific epithet: alabaster
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted