| Alcadia schrammi | |
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| Shell of Alcadia schrammi (syntype at the MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Alcadia |
| Species: | A. schrammi |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcadia schrammi (Crosse, 1872) | |
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Alcadia schrammi is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Description
The height of the shell attains 5 mm (0.20 in), its greatest diameter 5.67 mm (0.22 in).
(Original description in Latin) The turbinated-conical shell shows minute growth striae. It is thin and scarcely conspicuously impressed. It is translucent, somewhat shiny, horn-colored and unicolored. The spire is moderately elevated, with a somewhat sharp apex. The suture is impressed. the shell contains 5 slightly flat whorls, the body whorl scarcely surpassing the spire. The whorls are obtusely subcarinate at the periphery and somewhat flat at the base. The columella is short, emitting a small, milky callus. The aperture is oblique, somewhat triangular and is horn-colored on the inside. The peristome is simple, with thin, fragile, sharp basal and outer margins. The thin operculum is horn-colored.
Distribution
This species occurs in Guadeloupe.
References
- ^ Alcadia schrammi (Crosse, 1872). 7 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Crosse, H. (1872). "Diagnoses molluscorum novorum". Journal de Conchyliologie. 20 (3): 211–214. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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| Alcadia schrammi | |
| Helicina schrammi | |
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