Egilina

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

Egilina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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

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

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