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