Alcadia affinis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alcadia affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. affinis
Binomial name
Alcadia affinis
(C. B. Adams, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcadia (Hjalmarsona) affinis (C. B. Adams, 1846) alternative representation
  • Helicina affinis C. B. Adams, 1846 (original combination)
  • Helicina gloynei Bland, 1872 (junior synonym)

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

(Original description in Latin) This species is similar to Alcadia solitaria (C. B. Adams, 1845), but the shell is not convex, but arranged in a conical spiral. The outer lip is reflexed, angled below and not split.[2]

Distribution

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI