Egilina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysallidini |
| Genus: | Egilina Dall & Bartsch, 1906[1] |
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Description
editSpecies in this genus have strong axial ribs between the sutures which are interrupted at the periphery by a deep spiral sulcus. The intercostal spaces are smooth. The base of the shell is ornamented by spiral keels, the spaces between which are marked by many very slender axial threads.[1]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Egilina include:[2]
- Egilina alicae (Hornung & Mermod, 1924)
- Egilina babellina Saurin, 1958
- Egilina callista (Melvill, 1893)
- Egilina chasteriana (Melvill, 1910)
- Egilina gigantea Saurin, 1958
- Egilina glycisma (Melvill, 1899)
- Egilina gracilis (Yokoyama, 1926)
- Egilina kotoeae Hori & Fukuda, 1999
- Egilina lamyi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1907)
- Egilina mariella (A.Adams, 1860)
- Egilina mariellaeformis (Nomura, 1938)
- Egilina prestoni (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1907)
- Egilina tenuis Saurin, 1962
- Synonyms
- Egilina yabei Nomura, 1936: synonym of Babella yabei (Nomura, 1936)
References
edit- ^ a b Dall & Bartsch, Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Egilina. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456401 on 2011-10-26
External links
edit- World Register of Marine Species
- Dall W.H. & Bartsch P. (1906). Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae. United States National Museum, Proceedings, 30 (1452): 321-369, pl. 17-26