| Alcadia gonavensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. gonavensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia gonavensis Weinland, 1880 | |
Alcadia gonavensis is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is globosely depressed, somewhat solid, and slightly shiny, with fine oblique striations visible under a strong lens. It is whitish or reddish in color. The spire is depressed and broadly conical. There are 5 whorls, slightly increasing in size, with the first 4 being almost flat and the body whorl rounded. The aperture is oblique and triangularly semi-oval. The columella is short, receding, and excavated, ending in a sharp tooth, and emitting a thin, well-defined callus above. The peristome is somewhat callous, slightly expanded, and separated by a notch and a small tooth on the columella.
Distribution
This species occurs in Haiti, Hispaniola.
References
- ^ Alcadia gonavensis Weinland, 1880. 28 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Weinland, D.F. (1880). "Zur Molluskenfauna von Haiti". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 7: 338–378. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Further reading
- Vanatta, E.G. (1918). "Gonave Island shells". The Nautilus. 32 (2). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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