Alcadia hispida

Alcadia hispida
Shell of Alcadia hispida (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. hispida
Binomial name
Alcadia hispida
(Pfeiffer, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcadia (Penisoltia) hispida (L. Pfeiffer, 1893) alternative representation
  • Helicina dentigera A. d'Orbigny, 1842 (junior synonym)
  • Helicina hispida L. Pfeiffer, 1839 (original combination)

Alcadia hispida is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[2][3] [1]

Description

(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

This species lives in Cuba.[2]

Ecology

Alcadia hispida is a ground dwelling species.[3]

Predators of Alcadia hispida include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Alcadia hispida (L. Pfeiffer, 1839). 30 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ a b "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1839). "Bericht über die Ergebnisse meiner Reise nach Cuba im Winter 1838-1839". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 5 (1): 346–358. Public Domain 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". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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