Alcadia macilenta
Appearance
Alcadia macilenta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Helicinidae |
Genus: | Alcadia |
Species: | A. macilenta
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Binomial name | |
Alcadia macilenta (C. B. Adams, 1849)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Alcadia macilenta is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
Description
[edit](Original description) The shell is rather small and thin, subdiscoidal, and flattened beneath, with a pale brown coloration. The epidermis is extremely thin, microscopically hirsute, or chagrined. The spire is slightly elevated and convex, consisting of nearly 4½ whorls that are scarcely convex. The aperture is large, and the outer lip is thin, sharp, moderately expanded, and reflected, featuring a deep curved incision below the columella, similar to that of Alcadia brownii palliata (C. B. Adams, 1849). The elongated columella is strongly margined on the inner side. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in Jamaica.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Alcadia macilenta (C. B. Adams, 1849). 30 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Adams, C.B. (1849). "Descriptions of forty-four supposed new species and varieties of operculated land shells from Jamaica". Contributions to Conchology. 1: 1–14. Retrieved 30 July 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.