Alcadia mammilla
| Alcadia mammilla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. mammilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia mammilla Weinland, 1862
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alcadia mammilla is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
Description
The height of the shell attains 6.5 mm (0.26 in), its greatest diameter 7.5 mm (0.30 in).
(Original description in Latin) The conical shell is rather solid and slightly striated. it is scarcely shiny, with various marbling and banding in whitish and reddish hues. The spire has a convex-conical shape, ending in a pale apex. There are 5 somewhat convex whorls, with the body whorl deflected at the front and slightly flattened at the base. The columella is short and thread-like, ending at the base with a small denticle and emitting a thin callus. The aperture is oblique and somewhat triangular-semioval. The peristome is thin, with the right margin simple at the top, then dilated and expanded, featuring a distinct sinus at the base separated from the columellar tooth.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Haiti.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Alcadia mammilla Weinland, 1862. 3 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Weinland, D.F. (1862). "Diagnosen einiger neuen westindischen Landschnecken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 9: 86–91 194–199. Retrieved 4 August 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Further reading
- Espinosa, J. A.; Robinson, D. G. (2021). "Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island". Novitates Caribaea. 17: 71–146.
- Richling, I.; Glaubrecht, M. (2008). "The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 84 (2): 265–310.