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Alcadia jamaicensis
	Shell of Alcadia jamaicensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Helicinidae
Genus:	Alcadia
Species:	A. jamaicensis
Binomial name
	Alcadia jamaicensis; (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Synonyms
	Alcadia (Leialcadia) ampliata fuscocallosa A. J. Wagner, 1908 junior subjective synonym; Helicina (Pachystoma) jamaicensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 alternative representation; Helicina ampliata fuscocallosa A. J. Wagner, 1907; Helicina jamaicensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 (original combination);

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is very similar to Alcadia aurantia (J. E. Gray, 1824), but is more conical and thinner. The peristome is paler and less thickened. The edge of the aperture is thinner.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Jamaica.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Alcadia jamaicensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842). 1 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ Sowerby, G.B. (1842). Monograph of the genus Helicina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (1). London: privately published. pp. 1–16. 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. doi:10.1635/i0097-3157-155-1-117.1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Wagner, A.J. (1907–1911). Die Familie der Helicinidae. In: Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W., Eds., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folge. Ersten Bandes, achtzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe. pp. 1–72.
Richling, I. (2004). "Classification of the Helicinidae: Review of morphological characteristics based on a revision of the Costa Rican species and application to the arrangement of the Central American mainland taxa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neritopsina)". Malacologia. 45 (2).

[WoRMS-1] Alcadia jamaicensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842). 1 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Sowerby, G.B. (1842). Monograph of the genus Helicina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (1). London: privately published. pp. 1–16. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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