Euvola
| Euvola Temporal range: Eocene–recent,
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| Euvola ziczac | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pectinida |
| Family: | Pectinidae |
| Genus: | Euvola Dall, 1898 |
Euvola is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.[2][3] In shells of this genus, one valve is flat, and the other is deeply cupped.
Species
[edit]Extant species in the genus Euvola:[2]
- Euvola chazaliei (Dautzenberg, 1900)
- Euvola galapagensis (Grau, 1959)
- Euvola hancocki (Grau, 1959)
- Euvola laurentii (Gmelin, 1791)
- Euvola marensis (Weisbord, 1964)
- Euvola marshallae Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014
- Euvola perula (Olsson, 1961)
- Euvola raveneli (Dall, 1898) — Ravenel's scallop
- Euvola turtoni (E. A. Smith, 1890)
- Euvola vogdesi (Arnold, 1906)
- Euvola ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758) — zigzag scallop
A large number of species are only known from fossil record.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Euvola Dall 1898". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Euvola Dall, 1898". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 26–27.
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