Apicalia gibba
| Apicalia gibba | |
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| Shell of Apicalia gibba (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Apicalia |
| Species: | A. gibba
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| Binomial name | |
| Apicalia gibba A. Adams, 1862
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Apicalia gibba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
Description
(Original description) The oblique shell has an elevated-conical shape. It is white, solid, and scarcely opaque. There are four normal whorls, which are convex and somewhat swollen, with the uppermost narrowed and arranged in the form of a mucro (a sharp point). The aperture is oblique and ovate, and the outer lip is slightly thickened. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
- ^ Apicalia gibba A. Adams, 1862. 134September 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Adams, A. (1862). "On some new species of Mollusca from Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (9): 295. Retrieved 14 September 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
External links
- 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 (2).