Evalina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysallidini |
| Genus: | Evalina Dall & Bartsch, 1904[1] |
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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.