Alcadia conuloides

{{Speciesbox | image = Alcadia conuloides.png | image_caption = ''Alcadia conuloides'' | status = | status_system = | status_ref = | taxon = Alcadia conuloides | authority = (Guppy, 1868)<ref name="Guppy 1868">Guppy R. J. L. (1868). "On the terrestrial mollusks of Dominica and Grenada, with an account of some new species from Trinidad". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (4)'''1''': [https://archive.org/stream/annalsmagazineof411868lond#page/428/mode/2up 429]-442.</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Robinson 2009"/> | synonyms = * ''Helicina conuloides'' Guppy, 1868 * ''Alcadia'' (''Idesa'')? ''conuloides'' Baker, 1927<ref name="Baker 1927">Baker H. B. (1927) "Guppy’s groups of Helicinidae". ''Nautilus'' '''41''': 22.</ref> }}

'''''Alcadia conuloides''''' is a species of tropical land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|1511196|''Alcadia conuloides'' (Guppy, 1868)|30 July 2024}}</ref>

== Taxonomy == Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1895)<ref name="Guppy 1868"/> considered this species synonymous with the taxon ''Schrammia schrammia'' (Crosse, 1872) from Guadeloupe, but that species is larger and higher-spired, and therefore Guppy's name was resurrected. Horace Burrington Baker (1927)<ref name="Baker 1927"/> suggested that Guppy's species probably belongs in the genus ''Alcadia'', subgenus ''Idesa''. Until the status of ''Schrammia'' and its two species can be resolved, we follow the last published work, that of Baker (1927).<ref name="Robinson 2009"/><ref name="Baker 1927"/>

==Distribution== This species is endemic to the West Indian island of Dominica.<ref name="Robinson 2009"/>

== Ecology == This small species lives on wet leaves, being particularly active after rainfall, and on damp leaf litter. It is believed to feed on encrusting algae.<ref name="Robinson 2009"/>

==References== This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.<ref name="Robinson 2009">Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' '''83''' http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007185659/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 |date=2011-10-07 }}</ref> {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alcadia Conuloides}} Category:Helicinidae Category:Endemic fauna of Dominica Category:Gastropods described in 1868