Alcadia affinis

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Alcadia affinis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. affinis
Binomial name
Alcadia affinis
(C. B. Adams, 1846)
Synonyms [1]
  • Alcadia (Hjalmarsona) affinis(C. B. Adams, 1846) alternative representation
  • Helicina affinisC. B. Adams, 1846 (original combination)
  • Helicina gloyneiBland, 1872 (junior synonym)

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

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Description

(Original description in Latin) This species is similar to Alcadia solitaria (C. B. Adams, 1845), but the shell is not convex, but arranged in a conical spiral. The outer lip is reflexed, angled below and not split. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs on Jamaica.

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References

  1. 1 2 Alcadia affinis(C. B. Adams, 1846) . 25 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Adams, C.B. (1846). "Descriptions of undescribed species of shells, from the island of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 102–103. Retrieved 25 July 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .