Apicalia


Apicalia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.

Characteristics

The shell is distorted, polished, imperforate, and subulate. It features irregular whorls, with the superior ones forming a distinct apex. The aperture is oblong, and the outer lip is simple.
It is milk-white, without any coloured markings, and the whorls are distorted ; but it has the very peculiar mucro observed in Stilifer and Mucronalia.

Species

The species within this genus include:
;Species brought into synonymy:
;Species inquirenda:
  • Apicalia chuni Thiele, 1825
  • Apicalia melvilli
  • Apicalia scitula H. Adams, 1867