Egilina

Genus of gastropods

Egilina

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Family:  | Pyramidellidae
Tribe:  | Chrysallidini
Genus:  | Egilina
Dall & Bartsch, 1906[1]
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

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b Dall & Bartsch, Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906
2. ^ 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

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* 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

Taxon identifiers

Egilina|

* Wikidata: Q5348021
* CoL: 7P3BD
* GBIF: 4610153
* IRMNG: 1383952
* NCBI: 177459
* Open Tree of Life: 62361
* Paleobiology Database: 12089
* WoRMS: 456401

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