Apicalia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae.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.Warén A. (1984) A generic revision of the family Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Journal of Molluscan Studies suppl. 13: 1-96. page(s): 29
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: Apicalia angulata (Warén, 1981) Apicalia brazieri (Angas, 1877) Apicalia echinasteri (Warén, 1980) Apicalia gibba (A. Adams, 1862) Apicalia habei (Warén, 1980) Apicalia inflata (Tate & May, 1901) Apicalia ovata (Pease, 1860) Apicalia palmipedis (Koehler & Vaney, 1913) Apicalia taiwanica (Kuroda, 1964) Apicalia tryoni (Tate & May, 1900)
Species brought into synonymy Apicalia biformis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1897): synonym of Echineulima biformis (Sowerby III, 1897) Apicalia cicatricosa (Warén, 1981): synonym of Annulobalcis cicatricosa (Warén, 1981) Apicalia guentheri (Angas, 1877): synonym of Stilifer guentheri (Angas, 1877) Apicalia holdsworthi (H. Adams, 1874): synonym of Vitreobalcis holdsworthi (H. Adams, 1874) Apicalia immaculata (Pritchard & Gatliff, 1900): synonym of Apicalia brazieri (Angas, 1877) Apicalia mabuti (Nomura & Hatai, 1935): synonym of Parvioris fulvescens (A. Adams, 1866) Apicalia micans (Tenison Woods, 1875): synonym of Eulima tenisoni (Tryon, 1886) Apicalia sandwichensis [sic]: synonym of Mucronalia sandvichensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1865): synonym of Apicalia ovata (Pease, 1861) (misspelling) Apicalia sowerbyi (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Parvioris sowerbyi (Barnard, 1963)
Species inquirenda Apicalia chuni Thiele, 1925 Thiele, J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2) . Apicalia melvilli (Schepman, 1909) Apicalia scitula H. Adams, 1867
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External links To World Register of Marine Species