Alcadia minima is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
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| Shell of Alcadia minima (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. minima
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia minima (A. d'Orbigny, 1842)
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 6 mm (0.24 in), its greatest diameter 7.5 mm (0.30 in).
(Original description in Latin) The smooth shell has a rotund-depressed shape. It is rose-white. The spire is short and contains five, convex-flat whorls. The aperture is semi-lunar with a thin, reflexed outer lip. The columella is minimally thickened. The aperture shows a toothed, notched columellar angle.[2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Alcadia minima (A. d'Orbigny, 1842). 4 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Orbigny, A. d' (1841–1853). Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. Paris: Arthus Bertrand.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Richling, I. & Glaubrecht, M (2008). "The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 84 (2): 265–310. doi:10.1002/zoos.200800011.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Clench, W. J. & Aguayo, C. G. (1950). "Nuevos helicínidos de la provincia Oriente". Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica "Carlos de la Torre". 7 (2): 61–66.
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Further reading
edit- Pfeiffer, L. (1854). "Nachträge zur Monographie Pneumonopomorum". Malakozoologische Blätter. 1: 80–111.