Apicalia brazieri


Apicalia brazieri, common name Brazier's stilifer, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.

Description

The shell is rather acuminately ovate. It is smooth, pellucid, white, and polished. It has 6 rounded whorls, flattened just below the very finely callously marginate sutures. The spire is elevated, with a styliform apex. The aperture is subovate, pointed posteriorly and rounded anteriorly. The outer lip is thin and simple. The columella is arcuate and very slightly thickened superiorly, with its margins joined by a thin, distinct callus.
This species is endoparasitic o the starfish Coscinasterias calamaria.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.