Alcadia spectabilis
Species of gastropod
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Alcadia spectabilis is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.[1]
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| Alcadia spectabilis | |
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| Shell of Alcadia spectabilis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. spectabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia spectabilis (Pfeiffer, 1858) | |
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Description
The height of the shell attains 6 mm (0.24 in), its greatest diameter 8 mm (0.31 in).[citation needed]
(Original description in Latin) The conical-globose shell is somewhat thin, smooth and shiny. It is yellow with a darker or blood-red peripheral band, or pink with a blood-red band. The spire is convex-conical with a sharp, dark blood-red apex. It has 5 slightly convex whorls, with the body whorl rounded and scarcely equal to the spire. The columella is short, receding, slightly toothed at the base, and emits a circumscribed callus. The aperture is oblique and broadly semi-oval. The peristome is thin and expanded, with the basal margin forming a slightly right angle with the columella. The operculum is transparent, purplish, and pale on the columellar side.[2]
