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

Alcadia alta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Helicinidae
Genus: Alcadia
Species:
A. alta
Binomial name
Alcadia alta
Synonyms[1]

Helicina alta G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 (basionym)

Description

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(Original description) This species is small and pellucidid.[2]

The height of the shell attains 5.3 mm.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs on Puerto Rico.

References

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  • Eichhorst, T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume two. Harxheim: Conchbooks. pp. 695–1366.
  • van der Schalie, H. (1948). The land and fresh-water mollusks of Puerto Rico (70 ed.). Ann Arbor: Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Miscellaneous Publications. pp. 1–134.
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