Egila Temporal range:
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Shell of Egila ektopa (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: |
Egila Dall & Bartsch, 1904 [1] |
Type species | |
Odostomia lacunata Carpenter, 1857 |
Egila is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]
This genus was previously placed in the tribe Chrysallidini of the family Odostomiidae. It has both extant and fossil ( Cenozoic) members.
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 within the genus Egila include:
The species of Egila from Brazil have been reviewed by Piementa & Absalão (2004). [3]
Egila Temporal range:
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Shell of Egila ektopa (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Subcohort: | Panpulmonata |
Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: |
Egila Dall & Bartsch, 1904 [1] |
Type species | |
Odostomia lacunata Carpenter, 1857 |
Egila is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]
This genus was previously placed in the tribe Chrysallidini of the family Odostomiidae. It has both extant and fossil ( Cenozoic) members.
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 within the genus Egila include:
The species of Egila from Brazil have been reviewed by Piementa & Absalão (2004). [3]