Stilapex polaris
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Stilapex polaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae.
Stilapex polaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. ==Description== The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diamter 6 mm. (Original description) The shell is conic-acuminate, thin, and translucent, with a gradate spire that tapers to an attenuate, mucronate apex. There are nine whorls, which are mostly flattened at the suture and rounded at the periphery; the body whorl is subglobose. The shell is milk-white and has a very glossy surface. Narrow, faint spiral grooves are crossed by fine, radiating hair-like lines. The aperture is reniform; the columella is perpendicular, thickened, and reflected. The outer lip is thin-edged and sinuate anteriorly, while the anterior margin is rounded and slightly everted. There is no callus on the inner lip. ==Distribution== The marine species occurs in the contained in high seas of the Southern Ocean and off Antarctica. ==References==
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