Alcadia aurantia

Alcadia aurantia
Shell of Alcadia aurantia (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. aurantia
Binomial name
Alcadia aurantia
(J. E. Gray, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helicina aurantia J. E. Gray, 1824 superseded combination (basionym)
  • Helicina pyrrhostoma Menke, 1828 (original combination; junior synonym)

Alcadia aurantia is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. [1]

Description

(Original description) The shell is rather depressed globular and ovate, with a purplish-white coloration. It features a narrow reddish-brown band just behind the center, which runs close to the suture of the spire. Occasionally, there are faint reddish lines near the base of the columella. The peristome is thickened and reflected, with an orange-red hue. The inner lip is slightly thickened, and the angle of the aperture next to the columella is callous, forming a small tubercle. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs on Jamaica.

References

  1. ^ a b Alcadia aurantia (J. E. Gray, 1824). 27 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Gray, J.E. (1824). "Monograph of the genus Helicina". Zoological Journal. 1 (1): 62–71. Retrieved 27 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V. (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 117–161.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)