Alcadia kuehni is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
| Alcadia kuehni | |
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| Shell of Alcadia kuehni (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. kuehni
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia kuehni (L. Pfeiffer, 1872)
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Description
editThe 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
editThis species occurs in French Guiana and Suriname[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Alcadia kuehni (L. Pfeiffer, 1872). 2 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Pfeiffer, L. (1872). "Drei neue Landschnecken aus Surinam". Malakozoologische Blätter. 19 (1): 74–76. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
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External links
edit- Tillier, S. (1980). "Gastéropodes terrestres et fluviatiles de Guyane française". Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Série, ser. A, Zoologie. 118: 1–175.