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Alcadia dissimulans

species of molluscs

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 7, 2024
Entity authorityQ128214624 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alcadia dissimulans is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in Cuba.

References

External links

Poey, F. (1858–1861). Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompañadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Francés. La Habana.

Boss, K. J.; Jacobson, M. K. (1975). "Felipe Poey with a catalogue of the Mollusca described by him". Occasional Papers on Mollusks. 4: 105–132.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Boss, K. J.; Jacobson, M. K. (1973). "Monograph of the genus Alcadia in Cuba (Mollusca: Prosobranchia: Helicinidae)".

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The public source identifies “Alcadia dissimulans” as species of molluscs. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alcadia, dissimulans and species.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alcadia dissimulans” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.