Alcadia minima
Species of gastropod
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Alcadia minima is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
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| Alcadia minima | |
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| Shell of Alcadia minima (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. minima |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia minima (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) | |
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Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm (0.24 in), its greatest diameter 7.5 mm (0.30 in).
(Original description in Latin) The smooth shell has a rotund-depressed shape. It is rose-white. The spire is short and contains five, convex-flat whorls. The aperture is semi-lunar with a thin, reflexed outer lip. The columella is minimally thickened. The aperture shows a toothed, notched columellar angle.[2]
