| Euvola Temporal range: Eocene–recent, | |
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| Euvola ziczac | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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.
Extant species in the genus Euvola: [2]
A large number of species are only known from fossil record. [2]
Scallop is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.
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. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromolluscs.
Turbonillinae is a subfamily of mostly minute parasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Nodipecten is a genus of large scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. These scallops often have attractive, strongly colored, thick shells. The generic name Nodipecten means "nodular scallop", because in this genus the shell is usually sculpted with regular, very large nodes.
Limaria, the file shells or file clams, is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Limidae.
Aequipecten is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
Egila is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Chlamys is a genus of small scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae. The name is taken from the Ancient Greek, χλαμΰς or Chlamys, a cloak worn by soldiers.
Odostomia is the most speciose genus of minute sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is placed in the family Pyramidellidae in the subfamily Odostomiinae. There are several hundred species in this diverse genus
Pecten is a genus of large scallops or saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. This is the type genus of the family.
Argopecten is a genus of saltwater clams, or scallops, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae.
Euvola ziczac, or the zigzag scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Bermuda.
Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.
Cryptogemma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Turris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Rangia is a genus of bivalve molluscs or clams in the subfamily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae.
Euvola marensis, or the paper scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. It can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
Euvola raveneli, or Ravenel's scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pectinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies.
Conasprella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. This genus was formerly treated by some experts as a member of the family Conilithidae and as an "alternative representation" of this group of species.
Euvola vogdesi is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pectinidae. The species is found on the Pacific Coast of North and Central America. Fossil specimens are known from Mexico and California.
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