Evalea Explained

Evalea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Evalea was assigned to Odostomia by Martin (1904);^[2] to Heterostrophia by Sepkoski (2002)^[3] and to Pyramidellidae by Wienrich and Janssen (2007)^[4]

Species

Species within the genus Evalea include:

• Evalea amchitkana (Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
• Evalea carinae van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996
• Evalea eclecta (Pilsbry, 1918)
• Evalea elegans (A. Adams, 1860)
• Evalea emeryi (Bartsch, 1955)
• Evalea fernandina (Bartsch, 1927)
• Evalea liricincta (Suter, 1908)
• Evalea plana Laws, 1941
• Evalea propria Laws, 1941
• Evalea ryclea (Bartsch, 1927)
• Evalea sabulosa (Suter, 1908)
• Evalea stocki Jong & Coomans, 1988
• Evalea waikikiensis (Pilsbry, 1918)

The following species were brought into synonymy:

• Evalea alleryi F. Nordsieck, 1972 : synonym of Ondina scandens (Monterosato, 1884)
• Evalea exigua F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Ondina vitrea (Brusina, 1866)
• Evalea peasei (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933): synonym of Evalea eclecta (Pilsbry, 1918)
• Evalea pocahontasae Henderson, J.B. & P. Bartsch, 1914: synonym of Odostomia pocahontasae Henderson & Bartsch, 1914
• Evalea scandens (Monterosato, 1884): synonym of Ondina scandens (Monterosato, 1884)
• Evalea semiornata Folin, L. de, 1872: synonym of Ondina warreni (Thompson, W., 1845)
• Evalea spiridionae F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Ondina vitrea (Brusina, 1866)
• Evalea subulata F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Ondina scandens (Monterosato, 1884)

External links

• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species
• Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Evalea A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415382 on 2011-10-26
2. G. C. Martin. 1904. Gastropoda. Maryland Geological Survey Miocene :131-269
3. J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
4. G. Wienrich and R. Janssen. 2007. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 4 Gastropoda ab Mitridae. Backhuys Publishers BV Leiden 4:643-954