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Alcadia succinea

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Alcadia succinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. succinea
Binomial name
Alcadia succinea
(Pfeiffer, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Helicina succinea L. Pfeiffer, 1850 (original combination)

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

Description

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The 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

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This species lives in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

References

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  1. ^ a b Alcadia succinea (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). 7 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1850). "Beschreibungen neuer Landschnecken". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 7 (5). Retrieved 7 August 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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