Apicalia

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Apicalia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Apicalia
A. Adams, 1862
Synonyms [1]

ChryseulimaLaseron, 1955

Apicalia is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eulimidae. [2] [3]

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Species

The species within this genus include: [4]

Species brought into synonymy
Species inquirenda

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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. 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.