Alcadia pellucida

Alcadia pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Helicinidae
Genus:	Alcadia
Species:	A. pellucida
Binomial name
	Alcadia pellucida; (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842)
Synonyms
	Helicina pellucida G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 ·

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.

Distribution

This species occurs in French Guiana.

References

1 2 3 Alcadia pellucida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842). 1 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
↑ Sowerby, G.B. (1842). Monograph of the genus Helicina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (1). London: privately published. pp. 1–16. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Rosenberg, G. & Muratov, I. V (2006). "Status report on the terrestrial Mollusca of Jamaica". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 155: 117–161.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

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

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 Alcadia pellucida (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842). 1 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Sowerby, G.B. (1842). Monograph of the genus Helicina. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (1). London: privately published. pp. 1–16. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.