Alcadia jamaicensis
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| Alcadia jamaicensis | |
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| Shell of Alcadia jamaicensis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. jamaicensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia jamaicensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Alcadia jamaicensis is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
(Original description in Latin) The shell is very similar to Alcadia aurantia (J. E. Gray, 1824), but is more conical and thinner. The peristome is paler and less thickened. The edge of the aperture is thinner.[2]
