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Alcadia gonavensis

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Alcadia gonavensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. gonavensis
Binomial name
Alcadia gonavensis
Weinland, 1880

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

Description

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(Original description in Latin) The shell is globosely depressed, somewhat solid, and slightly shiny, with fine oblique striations visible under a strong lens. It is whitish or reddish in color. The spire is depressed and broadly conical. There are 5 whorls, slightly increasing in size, with the first 4 being almost flat and the body whorl rounded. The aperture is oblique and triangularly semi-oval. The columella is short, receding, and excavated, ending in a sharp tooth, and emitting a thin, well-defined callus above. The peristome is somewhat callous, slightly expanded, and separated by a notch and a small tooth on the columella.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Haiti, Hispaniola.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Alcadia gonavensis Weinland, 1880. 28 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Weinland, D.F. (1880). "Zur Molluskenfauna von Haiti". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 7: 338–378. Retrieved 28 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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