Evalina

Taxobox
name = "Evalina"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Heterostropha
superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea
familia = Pyramidellidae
subfamilia = Chrysallidinae
genus = "Evalina"
genus_authority = Dall & Bartsch, 1904
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Evalina" is a small genus of sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is currently placed in the family Odostomiidae, and in the subfamily Chrysallidinae.

The genus has both Recent and fossil members.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae "sensu lato", they are ectoparasites.

pecies within the genus "Evalina"

* "Evalina americana" Dall & Bartsch, 1904 (Type species) (as "Odostomia (Evalina) americana")
* "Evalina nishiana" (Yokoyama, 1927)
* "Evalina peasei" (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933)
* "Evalina waikikiensis" (Pilsbry, 1918)
* "Evalina winkleyi" (Bartsch, 1909)
* ...

References

* cite journal
author = Dall, W. H. & Bartsch, P.
year = 1904
date=
title = Synopsis of the genera, subgenera, and sections of the family Pyramidellidae
journal = Proceedings of the Biological society of Washington
volume = 17
issue =
pages = 1–16
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doi =