Evalina

Evalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:	Odostomiinae
Tribe:	Chrysallidini
Genus:	Evalina; Dall & Bartsch, 1904[1]
Species
	See text.

Evalina is a small genus of sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.

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.

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)
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References

Dall W. H. & Bartsch P. (1904). "Synopsis of the genera, subgenera, and sections of the family Pyramidellidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 17: 1–16. page 12.

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[1] Dall W. H. & Bartsch P. (1904). "Synopsis of the genera, subgenera, and sections of the family Pyramidellidae". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 17: 1–16. page 12.