''Euvola'' is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family
Pectinidae
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 ...
, the scallops.
[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.] In shells of this genus, one valve is flat, and the other is deeply cupped.
Species
Species in the genus ''Euvola'':
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Euvola papyracea
''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
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republi ...
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(Gabb, 1873) — paper scallop
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Euvola raveneli
''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.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field ...
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( Dall, 1898) — Ravenel's scallop
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Euvola vogdesi
''Euvola vogdesi'' is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name ...
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(Arnold, 1906)
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Euvola ziczac
''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.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P. ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) — zigzag scallop
References
Pectinidae
Bivalve genera
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