Euvola
Genus of bivalves
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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.
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| 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 |
Species
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]
