About this species
Diminovula whitworthi is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Diminovula whitworthi”, 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: 2 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 17 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 18 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Korean
- 분홍반점개오지붙이
Other scientific names: Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) whitworthi, Pseudosimnia (Labiovolva) nubila, Pseudosimnia nubila, Pseudosimnia whitworthi
Similar species
Ridged Egg CowrieDiminovula culmen
Common egg cowrieOvula ovum

Common calpurnusCalpurnus verrucosus
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).
- 38 open-data records from 1970 to 2010.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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