title: Egilina
text: # Egilina
  
  Egilina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Egilina include:
  
  * 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)
  