Alcadia incrustata explained

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

Description

The height of the shell attains, its greatest diameter .

(Original description in Latin) The shell has a conoid-depressed shape and is rather thin, showing serial hairs. It is reddish with a blackish covering. The spire is short and conical. There are 5 moderately convex whorls, with the body whorl rounded at the periphery and a shiny, broad, somewhat circumscribed callus at the base. The aperture is nearly diagonal and semi-oval. The columella is somewhat compressed, ending forward in a small denticle. The peristome is scarcely expanded, with the basal margin very slightly arched, forming a small sinus with the columellar tooth. The operculum is thin and pearly.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Cuba.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Pfeiffer . L. . Pfeiffer . Malakozoologische Blätter. 1859 . 6 . 3 . 66–96 . 3 August 2024.