Alcadia pellucida

Alcadia pellucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. pellucida
Binomial name
Alcadia pellucida
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Synonyms[1]

Helicina pellucida G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 ·

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is similar to Helicina zephyrina Duclos, 1833, but with the columella nearly straight and somewhat angular.

A more transparent shell than Helicina zephyrina, with the columella nearly straight, and joining the outer lip at an angle. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in French Guiana.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Alcadia pellucida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842). 1 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Sowerby, G.B. (1842). Monograph of the genus Helicina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (1). London: privately published. pp. 1–16. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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