Alcadia lewisi is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
| Alcadia lewisi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. lewisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia lewisi Pilsbry, 1942
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 3 mm, its greatest diameter 4.5 mm. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Cayman Islands. [1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Alcadia lewisi Pilsbry, 1942. 3 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Pilsbry, H.A. (1942). "Land Mollusca of the Cayman Islands collected by the Oxford University Biological Expedition, 1938". The Nautilus. 56 (1): 1–9. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
External links
edit- Pilsbry, H.A. (1949). "Land mollusks of Cayman Brac". The Nautilus. 63 (2): 37–48.
- Clench, W.J. (1964). "Land and freshwater Mollusca of the Cayman Islands, West Indies". Occasional Papers on Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology. 2 (31): 345–380.