''Alcadia conuloides'' is a
species of
tropical land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
with an
operculum, a
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Helicinidae.
Taxonomy
Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1895)
considered this species synonymous with the taxon ''
Schrammia schrammia'' (Crosse, 1872) from
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
, but that species is larger and higher-spired, and therefore Guppy's name was resurrected.
Horace Burrington Baker (1927)
suggested that Guppy's species probably belongs in the genus ''Alcadia'', subgenus ''Idesa''. Until the status of ''
Schrammia'' and its two species can be resolved, we follow the last published work, that of Baker (1927).
Distribution
This species is endemic to the West Indian island of
Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
.
Ecology
This small species lives on wet leaves, being particularly active after rainfall, and on damp
leaf litter. It is believed to feed on encrusting algae.
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.
[Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 ]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alcadia Conuloides
Helicinidae
Endemic fauna of Dominica
Gastropods described in 1868