Alcadia nitida explained

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

Description

The height of the shell attains 6.8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is slightly depressed, thin, smooth, and is deep flesh-colored. It has a slightly convex shape both above and below, and a pointed apex. It features five whorls that are minutely striated at the suture. The columella is barely calloused. The outer lip is simple, sharp, sinuous, and sharply toothed at the columellar angle. The operculum is thin and pale reddish. ^[1]

Distribution

This species lives in Cuba.^[2]

Further reading

• 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.
• Gould . A.A. . Characters of shells to be fully described in the next number of the journal . Boston Journal of Natural History. . 1842 . 4 . 1 .

External links

• Conchology.be : image

Notes and References

1. Pfeiffer . L. . Bericht über die Ergebnisse meiner Reise nach Cuba im Winter 1838-1839 . Archiv für Naturgeschichte . 1839 . 5 . 1 . 346-358 .
2. http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"