Alcadia gonavensis is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
| Alcadia gonavensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. gonavensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia gonavensis Weinland, 1880
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Description
edit(Original description in Latin) The shell is globosely depressed, somewhat solid, and slightly shiny, with fine oblique striations visible under a strong lens. It is whitish or reddish in color. The spire is depressed and broadly conical. There are 5 whorls, slightly increasing in size, with the first 4 being almost flat and the body whorl rounded. The aperture is oblique and triangularly semi-oval. The columella is short, receding, and excavated, ending in a sharp tooth, and emitting a thin, well-defined callus above. The peristome is somewhat callous, slightly expanded, and separated by a notch and a small tooth on the columella.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Haiti, Hispaniola.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Alcithoe gonavensis Weinland, 1880. 28 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Weinland, D.F. (1880). "Zur Molluskenfauna von Haiti". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 7: 338–378. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Further reading
edit- Vanatta, E.G. (1918). "Gonave Island shells". The Nautilus. 32 (2). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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