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Alcadia blandiana

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Alcadia blandiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. blandiana
Binomial name
Alcadia blandiana
Weinland, 1880

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

Description

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(Original description in Latin) The shell is conical and obtusely keeled, with a reddish-brown, uniform coloration. It is scarcely striated and slightly bristly with very small deciduous hairs. The suture is linearly impressed. The spire is short, conical, and somewhat obtuse. The shell has four whorls, with the upper whorls being scarcely convex and the body whorl large and rounded. The columella is short and oblique, with a distinct, rounded notch that separates it from the peristome. The aperture is diagonal and broadly semi-oval. The peristome is simple and somewhat expanded, with a sinuous upper margin and a straighter basal margin. The basal callus is thin, slightly indented, and paler in color. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Haiti, Hispaniola. [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Alcadia blandiana Weinland, 1880. 28 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Weinland, D.F. (1880). "Zur Molluskenfauna von Haiti". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 7: 338–378. Retrieved 28 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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