Alcadia aurantia is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. [1]
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| Shell of Alcadia aurantia (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. aurantia
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia aurantia (J. E. Gray, 1824)
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Description
edit(Original description) The shell is rather depressed globular and ovate, with a purplish-white coloration. It features a narrow reddish-brown band just behind the center, which runs close to the suture of the spire. Occasionally, there are faint reddish lines near the base of the columella. The peristome is thickened and reflected, with an orange-red hue. The inner lip is slightly thickened, and the angle of the aperture next to the columella is callous, forming a small tubercle. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs on Jamaica.
References
edit- ^ a b Alcithoe aurantia (J. E. Gray, 1824). 27 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Gray, J.E. (1824). "Monograph of the genus Helicina". Zoological Journal. 1 (1): 62–71. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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.
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External links
edit- Menke, K.T. (1828). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. XII. Pyrmonti. pp. 1–91. Retrieved 27 July 2024.