Alcadia pellucida explained

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is similar to Helicina zephyrina Duclos, 1833, but with the columella nearly straight and somewhat angular.

A more transparent shell than Helicina zephyrina, with the columella nearly straight, and joining the outer lip at an angle. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in French Guiana.

References

• Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V . Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica. . Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 2006 . 155 . 117-161.

External links

• Tillier . S. . Gastéropodes terrestres et fluviatiles de Guyane française . Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, ser. A, Zoologie . 1980 . 118 . 1-175 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Sowerby . G.B. . Monograph of the genus Helicina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (1) . 1842 . privately published . London . 1-16 .