Egila is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.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
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, 2004Gofas, 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 Egila lacunata (Carpenter, 1857) - type species, as Odostomia (Parthenia) lacunata Egila poppei (Dall & Bartsch, 1909) Egila univestis Laseron, 1959 Egila virginiae van Regteren Altena, 1975Rosenberg, 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 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). PDF .
References
Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191