Alcadia alta

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Alcadia alta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. alta
Binomial name
Alcadia alta
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1866)
Synonyms [1]

Helicina altaG. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (basionym)

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

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Description

(Original description) This species is small and pellucidid. [2]

The height of the shell attains 5.3 mm. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs on Puerto Rico.

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References

  1. 1 2 Alcadia alta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) . 25 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Sowerby, G.B. II (1866). Second monograph of the genus Helicina, including the genera Trochatella, Lucidella, Helicina, Schiascheila [sic!] and Alcadia, of authors. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells (3 ed.). London: privately published. pp. 277–302. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. WMSDB: Alcadia alta