Alcadia sericea explained

Alcadia sericea 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 . [1]

(Original description in Latin) The globular-trochiform shell is thin, smooth and shiny below and slightly striated above. It is somewhat translucent, silky, and horn-reddish. It has 5 whorls, with the body whorl expanded. The aperture is hemispherical, and the peristome is reflexed, either white or pink, and somewhat sinuous at the base. The operculum is solid, somewhat opaque, and gray. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in French Guiana and Suriname.

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Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. Drouët . H. . Essai sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la Guyane française. . Mémoires de la Société Académique de l'Aube. . 1859 . 23 . 1-116 . 7 August 2024.