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

Alcadia affinis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. affinis
Binomial name
Alcadia affinis
(C. B. Adams, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcadia (Hjalmarsona) affinis (C. B. Adams, 1846) alternative representation
  • Helicina affinis C. B. Adams, 1846 (original combination)
  • Helicina gloynei Bland, 1872 (junior synonym)

Description

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(Original description in Latin) This species is similar to Alcadia solitaria (C. B. Adams, 1845), but the shell is not convex, but arranged in a conical spiral. The outer lip is reflexed, angled below and not split. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs on Jamaica.

References

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  1. ^ a b Alcadia affinis(C. B. Adams, 1846). 25 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Adams, C.B. (1846). "Descriptions of undescribed species of shells, from the island of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 102–103. Retrieved 25 July 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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