''Alcadia'' is a
genus
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of
tropical
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and subtropical
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 ...
s with an
operculum,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
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
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Helicinidae
Helicinidae is a family of small tropical land snails which have an operculum. They are terrestrial operculate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicinoidea.
These snails are not at all closely related to the air-breathing land snails, des ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''
Alcadia affinis
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* ''
Alcadia bermudezi'' Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
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. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
* ''
Alcadia camagueyana
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* '' Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Al ...
'' Aguayo & Jaume, 1957
* ''
Alcadia concinna
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''
Alcadia dissimulans
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (Poey, 1858)
* ''
Alcadia euglypta
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' Clench & Aguayo, 1950
* ''
Alcadia gonostoma
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (Gundlach in Poey, 1858)
* ''
Alcadia hispida
''Alcadia hispida'' is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Distribution
This species lives in Cuba. '' (Pfeiffer, 1839)
* ''
Alcadia incrustata
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (Gundlach in Pfeiffer, 1859)
* ''
Alcadia maxima'' Sowerby II, 1842
* ''
Alcadia minima
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (d’Orbigny, 1842)
* ''
Alcadia neebiana
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1862)
* ''
Alcadia nitida
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (Pfeiffer, 1839)
* ''
Alcadia nuda
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (Arango in Pfeiffer, 1866)
* ''
Alcadia rotunda
''Alcadia'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alcadia'' include:
* ''Alcadia affinis'' C.B. Adams, 1846
* '' Alc ...
'' (d’Orbigny, 1842)
* ''
Alcadia spectrabilis'' (Pfeiffer, 1858)
* ''
Alcadia velutina'' (Poey, 1858)
subgenus ''Idesa''
H. Adams &
A. Adams, 1856
[ Adams H. & Adams A. (1856). ''The genera of Recent Mollusca, Helicinidae'' 2: 300-309, 3: pl. 87. London. ''Idesa'' is on the page 304.]
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Alcadia conuloides
''Alcadia conuloides'' is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Taxonomy
Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1895) considered this species synonymous with the taxon ''Schramm ...
'' (Guppy, 1868)
References
Helicinidae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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