Apicalia brazieri
Species of gastropod
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Apicalia brazieri, common name Brazier's stilifer, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
| Apicalia brazieri | |
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| Shell of Apicalia brazieri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Eulimidae |
| Genus: | Apicalia |
| Species: | A. brazieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Apicalia brazieri (Angas, 1877) | |
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Description
(Original 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 (slender, pointed, and shaped like a stylus) 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.[2]
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.
