Apicalia gibba
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| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Apicalia gibba A. Adams, 1862 | |
Apicalia gibba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.[1]
(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]
