Egilina

Egilina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Tribe:	Chrysallidini
Genus:	Egilina; Dall & Bartsch, 1906
Synonyms
	Egilina (Egilina) Dall & Bartsch, 1906; Egilina (Prestoniella) Saurin, 1958; Miraldella Bartsch, 1955; Pyrgulina (Egilina) Dall & Bartsch, 1906;

Egilina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[2]

Description

Species 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

Species 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

^ ^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

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[Dall-1] Dall & Bartsch, Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906

[WoRMS-2] 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

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