Alcadia incrustata

Alcadia incrustata
Shell of Alcadia incrustata (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. incrustata
Binomial name
Alcadia incrustata
(L. Pfeiffer, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Helicina incrustata L. Pfeiffer, 1859

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 6.5 mm (0.26 in), its greatest diameter 10 mm (0.39 in).[citation needed]

(Original description in Latin) The shell has a conoid-depressed shape and is rather thin, showing serial hairs. It is reddish with a blackish covering. The spire is short and conical. There are 5 moderately convex whorls, with the body whorl rounded at the periphery and a shiny, broad, somewhat circumscribed callus at the base. The aperture is nearly diagonal and semi-oval. The columella is somewhat compressed, ending forward in a small denticle. The peristome is scarcely expanded, with the basal margin very slightly arched, forming a small sinus with the columellar tooth. The operculum is thin and pearly.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Cuba.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Alcadia incrustata (L. Pfeiffer, 1859). 3 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1859). "Pfeiffer". Malakozoologische Blätter. 6 (3): 66–96. Retrieved 3 August 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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