Apicalia

Apicalia
Shell of Apicalia gibba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Apicalia
A. Adams, 1862
Synonyms

Chryseulima Laseron, 1955

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

Characteristics

(Original description in Latin) 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 (a sharp, pointed tip or apex) observed in Stilifer and Mucronalia.

Species

The species within this genus include:

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquirenda

References

  1. ↑ "Apicalia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  2. ↑ A. Adams, 1862. Warén A. (1981) Revision of the genera Apicalia A. Adams and Stilapex Iredale and description of two new genera (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 10: 133-154. [June 1981]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536098 on 2013-02-01.
  3. ↑ Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 29
  4. ↑ Adams, A. (1862). "On some new species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (9): 295. Retrieved 11 September 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ David Herbert (2021). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Apicalia A. Adams, 1862". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.