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:Apicalia angulata Apicalia brazieri Apicalia echinasteri Apicalia gibba Apicalia habei Apicalia inflata Apicalia ovata Apicalia palmipedis Apicalia taiwanica Apicalia tryoni;Species brought into synonymy:Apicalia biformis : synonym of Echineulima biformis Apicalia cicatricosa : synonym of Annulobalcis cicatricosa Apicalia guentheri : synonym of Stilifer guentheri Apicalia holdsworthi : synonym of Vitreobalcis holdsworthi Apicalia immaculata : synonym of Apicalia brazieri Apicalia mabuti : synonym of Parvioris fulvescens Apicalia micans : synonym of Eulima tenisoni Apicalia sandwichensis : synonym of Mucronalia sandvichensis : synonym of Apicalia ovata Apicalia sowerbyi : synonym of Parvioris sowerbyi
;Species inquirenda:Apicalia chuni Thiele, 1825Apicalia melvilli Apicalia scitula H. Adams, 1867