Egila

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title: "Egila" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["pyramidellidae"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/pyramidellidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egila" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

|fossil_range= |image = Egila ektopa (MNHN-IM-2010-8639).jpeg |image_caption = Shell of Egila ektopa (specimen at MNHN, Paris) |taxon = Egila |authority = Dall & Bartsch, 1904{{cite journal | author = Dall W. H. & Bartsch P. | year = 1904 | title = Synopsis of genera, subgenera, and sections of the family Pyramidellidae | journal = Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington | volume = 17 | issue = | pages = 1–16 | doi = |synonyms_ref = |synonyms = |type_species= Odostomia lacunata Carpenter, 1857 |display_parents = 3

Egila is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

This genus was previously placed in the tribe Chrysallidini of the family Odostomiidae. It has both extant and fossil (Cenozoic) members.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Egila include:

• † Egila arcuata Laws, 1941
• Egila australis Laseron, 1959
• Egila curtisensis Laseron, 1959
• Egila ektopa Pimenta & Absalão, 2004
• Egila lacunata (Carpenter, 1857){{cite book | author = Carpenter P. P. | title = Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum collected by Frederik Reigen | publisher = London | date = 1857 | pages = 552 pp | isbn =
• Egila poppei (Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
• Egila univestis Laseron, 1959
• Egila virginiae van Regteren Altena, 1975 ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Egila articulata (Hedley, 1909) : synonym of Besla articulata (Hedley, 1909)
• Egila mayii (Tate, 1898): synonym of Chrysallida mayii (Tate, 1898)
• Egila spiralis Laseron, 1959 : synonym of Chrysallida spiralis (Laseron, 1959)
• Egila typica Laseron, 1959 : synonym of Parthenina typica (Laseron, 1959) (original combination)

The species of Egila from Brazil have been reviewed by Piementa & Absalão (2004).{{cite journal | author = Piementa A. D. & Absalão R. S. | year = 2004 | title = Review of the genera Eulimastoma Bartsch, 1916 and Egila Dall & Bartsch, 1904 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil | journal = Zoosystema | volume = 26 | issue = 2 | pages = 157–173 | doi =

References

• Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Egila Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456400 on 2020-10-29
2. Gofas, S. (2010). ''Egila ektopa'' Pimenta & Absalão, 2004. 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=458144 on 2011-03-22
3. Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Egila virginiae'' Altena, 1975. 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=532789 on 2011-03-22

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