Alcadia minima explained

Alcadia minima 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 smooth shell has a rotund-depressed shape. It is rose-white. The spire is short and contains five, convex-flat whorls. The aperture is semi-lunar with a thin, reflexed outer lip. The columella is minimally thickened. The aperture shows a toothed, notched columellar angle.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Cuba.

References

• Richling, I. & Glaubrecht, M . The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails . Zoosystematics and Evolution . 2008 . 84 . 2 . 265–310. 10.1002/zoos.200800011 .
• Clench, W. J. & Aguayo, C. G. . Nuevos helicínidos de la provincia Oriente. . Revista de la Sociedad Malacologica "Carlos de la Torre". . 1950 . 7 . 2 . 61–66.

Further reading

• Pfeiffer . L. . Nachträge zur Monographie Pneumonopomorum . Malakozoologische Blätter . 1854 . 1 . 80–111 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Orbigny . A. d' . Mollusques. In: R. de la Sagra (ed.). Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba. . 1841–1853 . Arthus Bertrand . Paris .