Alcadia succinea is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. [1]
| Alcadia succinea | |
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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. succinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia succinea (Pfeiffer, 1850)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Helicina succinea L. Pfeiffer, 1850 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe height of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its greatest diameter 8 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The orbicular-conoidal shell is thin (granular under the lens) transparent and shiny. It is reddish-amber, equipped with rows of black hairs (obsolete on the body whorl). The spire is conoidal and somewhat pointed.Iit contains nearly 5 slightly convex whorls, scarcely descending. The body whorl is large. The aperture is slightly oblique and is semi-oval. The columella is very short and vertical. It forms a sharp denticle at the base, emitting a thin, granular callus. The thin peristome is shortly expanded, the upper margin somewhat undulating, the basal margin notched at the columella. The reddish operculum solid and shell-like. [2]
Distribution
editThis species lives in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
References
edit- ^ a b Alcadia succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). 7 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1850). "Beschreibungen neuer Landschnecken". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 7 (5). Retrieved 7 August 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). "Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island". Novitates Caribaea. 17: 71–146.
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