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Alcadia affinis

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Species of gastropod

Alcadia affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Alcadia (Hjalmarsona) affinis (C. B. Adams, 1846) alternative representation
  • Helicina affinis C. B. Adams, 1846 (original combination)
  • Helicina gloynei Bland, 1872 (junior synonym)

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

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.

Distribution

This species occurs on Jamaica.

References

  1. ^ 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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