Alcadia
Encyclopedia
Alcadia is a genus
of tropical and subtropical land snail
s with an operculum
, terrestrial
gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae
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subgenus Idesa H. Adams
& A. Adams
, 1856
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tropical and subtropical land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae
Helicinidae
Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails which have an operculum. They are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea....
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Species
Species within the genus Alcadia include:- Alcadia bermudezi Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
- Alcadia camagueyana Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
- Alcadia concinna (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Alcadia dissimulans (Poey, 1858)
- Alcadia euglypta Clench & Aguayo, 1950
- Alcadia gonostoma (Gundlach in Poey, 1858)
- Alcadia hispidaAlcadia hispidaAlcadia hispida is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.- Ecology :Alcadia hispida is a ground dwelling species....
(Pfeiffer, 1839) - Alcadia incrustata (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1859)
- Alcadia maximaAlcadia maximaAlcadia maxima is a species of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae....
Sowerby II, 1842 - Alcadia minima (d’Orbigny, 1842)
- Alcadia neebiana (Pfeiffer, 1862)
- Alcadia nitida (Pfeiffer, 1839)
- Alcadia nuda (Arango in Pfeiffer, 1866)
- Alcadia rotunda (d’Orbigny, 1842)
- Alcadia spectrabilis (Pfeiffer, 1858)
- Alcadia velutina (Poey, 1858)
subgenus Idesa H. Adams
Henry Adams (zoologist)
Henry Adams was an English naturalist and conchologist.With his brother Arthur Adams, also a noted conchologist, he wrote three volumes, 1858.-References:...
& A. Adams
Arthur Adams (zoologist)
Arthur Adams was an English physician and naturalist.Adams was assistant surgeon on board H.M.S. "Actaeon" in company with HMS Samarang in the British Navy during the survey of the Malay Archipelago, the Japan Sea, Korea and China,from 1843 to 1846. He edited the Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S....
, 1856
- Alcadia conuloidesAlcadia conuloidesAlcadia conuloides is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.- Taxonomy :...
(Guppy, 1868)