''Egilina'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Pyramidellidae
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, the pyrams and their allies.
[WoRMS (2010). ''Egilina''. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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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.
[Dall & Bartsch, ''Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae''; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906]
Species
Species within the genus ''Egilina'' include:
* ''
Egilina alicae''
(Hornung & Mermod, 1924)
* ''
Egilina babellina''
Saurin, 1958
* ''
Egilina callista''
(Melvill, 1893)
* ''
Egilina chasteriana
''Egilina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2010). ''Egilina''. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through ...
''
(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
''Egilina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2010). ''Egilina''. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through ...
''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1907)
* ''
Egilina tenuis''
Saurin, 1962
;Synonyms:
* ''Egilina yabei''
Nomura, 1936: synonym of ''
Babella yabei''
(Nomura, 1936)
References
External links
To World Register of Marine SpeciesDall 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
Pyramidellidae
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