Evalea waikikiensis

Evalea waikikiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Evalea
Species: E. waikikiensis
Binomial name
Evalea waikikiensis
(Pilsbry, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Odostomia gracilis Pease, 1868
  • Odostomia haleiwensis Pilsbry, 1918
  • Odostomia hiloensis Pilsbry, 1944
  • Odostomia (Evalina) waikikiensis Pilsbry, 1917
  • Eulimella haleiwensis

Evalea waikikiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Description

The white shell has an inflated conical shape. Its length measures 3.1 mm. Its surface is covered with minute striae, that are somewhat more widely spaced. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Hawaiian islands Maui and Oahu.

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Evalea waikikiensis (Pilsbry, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588353 on 2011-11-29
  2. ↑ Seaslugs of Hawaii : Evalea waikikiensis
External identifiers for Evalea waikikiensis
WoRMS 588353
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