Alcadia hispida

Alcadia hispida is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.^[2][3][1]

Alcadia hispida
Shell of Alcadia hispida (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Helicinidae
Genus:	Alcadia
Species:	A. hispida
Binomial name
Alcadia hispida (Pfeiffer, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
Alcadia (Penisoltia) hispida (L. Pfeiffer, 1893) alternative representation Helicina dentigera A. d'Orbigny, 1842 (junior synonym) Helicina hispida L. Pfeiffer, 1839 (original combination)

Description

(Original description in Latin) The reddish shell is globular-depressed, thin and bristly. It features four slightly convex whorls. The columellar callus is thin, and the columellar angle is sharply toothed. The outer lip is somewhat thickened and sharply notched near the denticle. The aperture is sublunate.^[4]

Distribution

This species lives in Cuba.^[2]

Ecology

Alcadia hispida is a ground dwelling species.^[3]

Predators of Alcadia hispida include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.^[3]