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''Euvola'' is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks in the family
Pectinidae Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of Marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusc, molluscs in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also ...
, 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

Extant species in the genus ''Euvola'': A large number of species are only known from fossil record.


References

Pectinidae Bivalve genera Taxa named by William Healey Dall {{Pectinidae-stub