Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Sagdidae Scientific name Sagda alligans | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Sagdoidea Genus Sagda Rank Species | |
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Sagda alligans is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Sagdidae.
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Shell description
The shell is imperforate, globosely conoidal, white, under a brownish-yellow epidermis. The incremental striae are regular, stronger on the spire than on the body whorl. The number of whorls is 8. The shell has a narrow, aperture with a deep-seated strong basal lamella.
The adult shell diameter is 15–20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in Jamaica.
References
Sagda alligans Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA