Alcadia jamaicensis is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
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| Shell of Alcadia jamaicensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. jamaicensis
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| Alcadia jamaicensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
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Description
edit(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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
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External links
edit- 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).