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

Alcadia moussoniana
Shell of Alcadia moussoniana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. moussoniana
Binomial name
Alcadia moussoniana
(L. Pfeiffer, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcadia (Analcadia) moussoniana (L. Pfeiffer, 1866) alternative representation
  • Helicina (Oligyra) moussoniana L. Pfeiffer, 1866 alternative representation
  • Helicina moussoniana L. Pfeiffer, 1866 (original combination)

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Bahamas.[1]

References

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Further reading

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  • Pfeiffer, L. (1866). "Beschreibung neuer Landschnecken". Malakozoologische Blätter. 13 (2): 76–91.
  • Clench, W.J. (1959). "Land and freshwater mollusks of Great and Little Inagua, Bahama Islands". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 121 (2): 27–53.