Alcadia hispida

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

Alcadia hispida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Helicinoidea
Family:
Helicinidae
Subfamily:
Helicininae
Genus:
Alcadia
Species:
A. hispida
Binomial name
Alcadia hispida
(Pfeiffer, 1839)

Distribution

This species lives in Cuba.[1]

Ecology

Alcadia hispida is a ground dwelling species.[2]

Predators of Alcadia hispida include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.[2]

References
  1. "Mollusca" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
  2. Rios O. M. & Quinta M. H. (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche 2010, Article ID 149879, 5 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/149879.


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