Evalina
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Evalina is a small genus
of sea snail
s, pyramidellid
gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae
.
The genus has both Recent and fossil
members.
sensu lato, they are ectoparasites.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, pyramidellid
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
.
The genus has both Recent and fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
members.
Life habits
Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the PyramidellidaePyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
sensu lato, they are ectoparasites.
Species
Species within the genus Evalina include:- 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)
- ...