Alcadia nitida

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

Alcadia nitida
Shell of Alcadia nitida (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Helicinidae
Genus:	Alcadia
Species:	A. nitida
Binomial name
Alcadia nitida (Pfeiffer, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
Helicina glabra A. Gould, 1842 (junior synonym) Helicina nitida L. Pfeiffer, 1839 (original combination) Helicina nitida var. elatior L. Pfeiffer, 1856 (junior synonym)

Description

The height of the shell reaches 6.8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is slightly depressed, thin, smooth, and deep flesh-colored. It has a slightly convex shape both above and below, with a pointed apex. It features five whorls that are minutely striated at the suture. The columella is barely calloused. The outer lip is simple, sharp, sinuous, and sharply toothed at the columellar angle. The operculum is thin and pale reddish. ^[3]

Distribution

This species lives in Cuba.^[2]