Alcadia hispida
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| Shell of Alcadia hispida (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. hispida
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia hispida (Pfeiffer, 1839)
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Alcadia hispida is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[2][3] [1]
Description
[edit](Original description in Latin) The reddish shell is globular-depressed, thin and bristly. It features four slightly convex whorls. The columellar callus is thin, and the columellar angle is sharply toothed. The outer lip is somewhat thickened and sharply notched near the denticle. The aperture is sublunate. [4]
Distribution
[edit]This species lives in Cuba.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Alcadia hispida is a ground dwelling species.[3]
Predators of Alcadia hispida include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alcadia hispida (L. Pfeiffer, 1839). 30 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/149879.
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1839). "Bericht über die Ergebnisse meiner Reise nach Cuba im Winter 1838-1839". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 5 (1): 346–358.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Richling, I. & Glaubrecht, M. "The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalog".
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External links
[edit]- Orbigny, A. d' (1841–1853). "Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.)". Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba.
- Vernhout, J.H. (1914). "The non-marine molluscs of Surinam". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 36: 1–46.
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