Alcadia kuehni is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]

Alcadia kuehni
Shell of Alcadia kuehni (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. kuehni
Binomial name
Alcadia kuehni
(L. Pfeiffer, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcadia sericea var. kuehni (L. Pfeiffer, 1872) (variety)
  • Helicina kuehni L. Pfeiffer, 1872 (original combination)

Description

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The height of the shell attains 4 mm, its greatest diameter 5⅔ mm.

(Original description in Latin) The globose-conical shell is thin and very finely striated. It is somewhat smooth, shiny, translucent and reddish-amber. The spire is conical, the apex somewhat pointed and the suture impressed. The shell contains 5 whorls. These are scarcely convex with the body whorl nearly equaling the spire and is more globose. The basal callus is thinand diffuse. The aperture is diagonal and somewhat triangular semi-oval. The white peristome is scarcely thickened with the right margin narrowly expanded, basal margin slightly reflexed, somewhat dilated outward, forming a short, obscure denticle at the junction with the very short columella. The thin operculum is of the same color.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in French Guiana and Suriname[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Alcadia kuehni (L. Pfeiffer, 1872). 2 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1872). "Drei neue Landschnecken aus Surinam". Malakozoologische Blätter. 19 (1): 74–76. Retrieved 2 August 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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