Alcadia affinis

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

Alcadia affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Helicinidae
Genus:	Alcadia
Species:	A. affinis
Binomial name
Alcadia affinis (C. B. Adams, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Alcadia (Hjalmarsona) affinis (C. B. Adams, 1846) alternative representation Helicina affinis C. B. Adams, 1846 (original combination) Helicina gloynei Bland, 1872 (junior synonym)

Description

(Original description in Latin) This species is similar to Alcadia solitaria (C. B. Adams, 1845), but the shell is not convex, but arranged in a conical spiral. The outer lip is reflexed, angled below and not split. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs on Jamaica.