Ridged Egg Cowrie

Diminovula culmen

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–457 m
Water temperature21–29 °C
Best monthsMarch, April, and May
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Diminovula culmen is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Diminovula culmen”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 16 records
March: 22 records
April: 26 records
May: 27 records
June: 7 records
July: 16 records
August: 16 records
September: 18 records
October: 21 records
November: 14 records
December: 11 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–457 m · Deepest record: 462 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 3 records
60–70 m: 1 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 4 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C

20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 13 records
26–28 °C: 6 records
28–30 °C: 7 records

Photos

(c) Micha Baum, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Ridged Egg Cowrie, Ridged Egg Cowry

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: セロガタケボリ
Korean: 쿨멘개오지붙이

Other scientific names: Pseudosimnia (Inflatovula) culmen

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
67 open-data records from 1976 to 2009.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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