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Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micromol ...

, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Evalea'' A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through:

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Odostomia ''Odostomia'' is the most speciose genus of minute sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is placed in the family Pyramidellidae in the subfamily Odostomiinae. There are several hundred species in this diverse genus ( Schander ...

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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)

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Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642
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