Alcadia macilenta explained

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is rather small and thin, subdiscoidal, and flattened beneath, with a pale brown coloration. The epidermis is extremely thin, microscopically hirsute, or chagrined. The spire is slightly elevated and convex, consisting of nearly 4½ whorls that are scarcely convex. The aperture is large, and the outer lip is thin, sharp, moderately expanded, and reflected, featuring a deep curved incision below the columella, similar to that of Alcadia brownii palliata (C. B. Adams, 1849). The elongated columella is strongly margined on the inner side. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Jamaica.

Notes and References

  1. Adams . C.B. . Descriptions of forty-four supposed new species and varieties of operculated land shells from Jamaica . Contributions to Conchology. . 1849 . 1 . 1-14 . 30 July 2024.