>Just curious. Now that I have a boat, I'm hoping to do a lot of diving in
>the Gulf this summer. I'm wondering if this species is found this far north
>(various sources give conflicting information). I know E. raveneli is up
>here since I have found the flat valves among the Argopecten gibbus that
>are brought in by the scallop boats (I should say were, since calico
>scalloping has come to a screeching halt here; I think they just may have
>fished them all out!).
 
Actually, E. raveneli is not up there, unless you have a fossil outcrop.
True Euvola raveneli is a Pliocene species.  The Recent species generally
called raveneli is in the process of getting described.
 
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