Alcadia solitaria explained

Alcadia solitaria 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 depressed shell has a red color with a brownish tinge. It contains 4.5 smooth whorls. The body whorl is not angular. The aperture is semicircular. The outer lip is notched below. The columella is sharp. The outer lip is somewhat thin, yellow on the outside. The operculum is thin. ^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Jamaica.

Further reading

• Book: Eichhorst . T.E. . Neritidae of the world. Volume two . 2016 . Conchbooks . Harxheim.
• Pfeiffer . L. . Description of twenty-nine new species of Helicina, from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. . Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. . 1849 . 16 . 187-188 .

Notes and References

1. Adams . C.B. . Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. . v . 1845 . 2 . 1-17 . 8 August 2024.