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
- 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