Alcadia nitida
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| taxon = Alcadia nitida
| authority = (Pfeiffer, 1839)
| synonyms =
- Helicina glabra A. Gould, 1842 (junior synonym)
- Helicina nitida L. Pfeiffer, 1839 (original combination)
- Helicina nitida var. elatior L. Pfeiffer, 1856 (junior synonym)
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Alcadia nitida is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae. {{WRMS species|1249844|Alcadia nitida (L. Pfeiffer, 1839)|30 July 2024}}
Description
The height of the shell reaches 6.8 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is slightly depressed, thin, smooth, and deep flesh-colored. It has a slightly convex shape both above and below, with a pointed apex. It features five whorls that are minutely striated at the suture. The columella is barely calloused. The outer lip is simple, sharp, sinuous, and sharply toothed at the columellar angle. The operculum is thin and pale reddish. {{cite journal |last1=Pfeiffer |first1=L. |title=Bericht über die Ergebnisse meiner Reise nach Cuba im Winter 1838-1839 |journal=Archiv für Naturgeschichte |date=1839 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=346-358 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904257}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This species lives in Cuba.[http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163216/http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm |date=2011-07-18 }}. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Richling |first1=I. |last2=Glaubrecht |first2=M. |title=The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails |journal=Zoosystematics and Evolution |date=2008 |volume=84 |issue=2 |pages=265-310}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Gould |first1=A.A. |title=Characters of shells to be fully described in the next number of the journal |journal=Boston Journal of Natural History |date=1842 |volume=4 |issue=1 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362813}}
External links
- [https://conchology.be/?t=2204&CODsp=5078000017&Genus=Alcadia&species=nitida&variety= Conchology.be : image]
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