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Alcadia spectabilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1858)
1248811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1248811)
accepted
Species
Alcadia (Idesa) spectabilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1858) · alternative representation
Alcadia (Idesa) spectrabilis [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Alcadia (Leialcadia) bellula (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcadia (Leialcadia) bellula bellissima A. J. Wagner, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcadia (Leialcadia) bellula leptochila A. J. Wagner, 1908 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alcadia (Leialcadia) spectabilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1858) · unaccepted
Alcadia (Leialcadia) spectabilis venusta A. J. Wagner, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcadia bellula (L. Pfeiffer, 1859) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcadia bellula bellissima A. J. Wagner, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcadia bellula leptochila A. J. Wagner, 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcadia spectrabilis [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Alcadia spectrabilis venusta A. J. Wagner, 1908 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helicina (Pachystoma) bellula L. Pfeiffer, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Helicina bellula L. Pfeiffer, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicina bellula var. peripherica L. Pfeiffer, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicina bellula var. suturalis L. Pfeiffer, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicina bellula var. yunquensis L. Pfeiffer, 1865 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicina polychroa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Helicina spectabilis L. Pfeiffer, 1858 · unaccepted > superseded combination
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(of Helicina spectabilis L. Pfeiffer, 1858) Pfeiffer, L. (1858). Zur Molluskenfauna von Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 5(2): 37-49 [April 1858]; 5(5): 173-196 [December 1858]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16013881
page(s): 48; note: name attributed to Gundlach [details]
page(s): 48; note: name attributed to Gundlach [details]
Type locality contained in Cuba
type locality contained in Cuba [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Alcadia spectabilis (L. Pfeiffer, 1858). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1248811 on 2025-11-12
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original description
(of Helicina spectabilis L. Pfeiffer, 1858) Pfeiffer, L. (1858). Zur Molluskenfauna von Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 5(2): 37-49 [April 1858]; 5(5): 173-196 [December 1858]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16013881
page(s): 48; note: name attributed to Gundlach [details]
original description (of Helicina bellula L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Zur Molluskenfauna von Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 6(3): 66–96 [September 1859]; 6(4): 97–102 [October 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014164
page(s): 79; note: name attributed to Gundlach [details]
original description (of Alcadia (Leialcadia) bellula bellissima A. J. Wagner, 1908) Wagner, A. J. (1907-1911). Die Familie der Helicinidae. In: Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W., Eds., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folge. <em>Ersten Bandes, achtzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> 1-72, pls 1-12 (1907), 73-160, pls 13-30 (1908), 161-248, pls 31-48 (1909), 249-328, pls 49-66 (1910), 329-391, pls 67-70 (1911). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52348872
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Alcadia (Leialcadia) spectabilis venusta A. J. Wagner, 1908) Wagner, A. J. (1907-1911). Die Familie der Helicinidae. In: Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W., Eds., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folge. <em>Ersten Bandes, achtzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> 1-72, pls 1-12 (1907), 73-160, pls 13-30 (1908), 161-248, pls 31-48 (1909), 249-328, pls 49-66 (1910), 329-391, pls 67-70 (1911). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52348872
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Alcadia (Leialcadia) bellula leptochila A. J. Wagner, 1908) Wagner, A. J. (1907-1911). Die Familie der Helicinidae. In: Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W., Eds., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folge. <em>Ersten Bandes, achtzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> 1-72, pls 1-12 (1907), 73-160, pls 13-30 (1908), 161-248, pls 31-48 (1909), 249-328, pls 49-66 (1910), 329-391, pls 67-70 (1911). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52348872
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Helicina polychroa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866). Second monograph of the genus <i>Helicina</i>, including the genera <i>Trochatella</i>, <i>Lucidella</i>, <i>Helicina</i>, <i>Schiascheila</i> [sic!] and <i>Alcadia</i>, of authors. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (24-25): 277-302, pls 266-278. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940704
page(s): 288, pl. 272, figs. 249, 250 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. (1984). Survey of the land Mollusca of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: T. van der Hammen & P. M. Ruiz (eds.). La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), Transecto Buritaca-La Cumbre. <em>Studies on Tropical Andean Ecosystems.</em> 2: 487-500, figs. 108-112., available online at https://breure.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/35_snsm-buritaca-la-cumbre.pdf
page(s): 488 [details]
status source Richling, I. & Glaubrecht, M. (2008). The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 84 (2): 265-310, Berlin. [details]
page(s): 48; note: name attributed to Gundlach [details]
original description (of Helicina bellula L. Pfeiffer, 1859) Pfeiffer, L. (1859). Zur Molluskenfauna von Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 6(3): 66–96 [September 1859]; 6(4): 97–102 [October 1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014164
page(s): 79; note: name attributed to Gundlach [details]
original description (of Alcadia (Leialcadia) bellula bellissima A. J. Wagner, 1908) Wagner, A. J. (1907-1911). Die Familie der Helicinidae. In: Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W., Eds., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folge. <em>Ersten Bandes, achtzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> 1-72, pls 1-12 (1907), 73-160, pls 13-30 (1908), 161-248, pls 31-48 (1909), 249-328, pls 49-66 (1910), 329-391, pls 67-70 (1911). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52348872
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Alcadia (Leialcadia) spectabilis venusta A. J. Wagner, 1908) Wagner, A. J. (1907-1911). Die Familie der Helicinidae. In: Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W., Eds., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folge. <em>Ersten Bandes, achtzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> 1-72, pls 1-12 (1907), 73-160, pls 13-30 (1908), 161-248, pls 31-48 (1909), 249-328, pls 49-66 (1910), 329-391, pls 67-70 (1911). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52348872
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Alcadia (Leialcadia) bellula leptochila A. J. Wagner, 1908) Wagner, A. J. (1907-1911). Die Familie der Helicinidae. In: Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W., Eds., Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folge. <em>Ersten Bandes, achtzehnte Abtheilung, zweiter Theil.</em> 1-72, pls 1-12 (1907), 73-160, pls 13-30 (1908), 161-248, pls 31-48 (1909), 249-328, pls 49-66 (1910), 329-391, pls 67-70 (1911). Nürnberg (Bauer & Raspe)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52348872
page(s): 75 [details]
original description (of Helicina polychroa G. B. Sowerby II, 1866) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1866). Second monograph of the genus <i>Helicina</i>, including the genera <i>Trochatella</i>, <i>Lucidella</i>, <i>Helicina</i>, <i>Schiascheila</i> [sic!] and <i>Alcadia</i>, of authors. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 3 (24-25): 277-302, pls 266-278. London, privately published. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15940704
page(s): 288, pl. 272, figs. 249, 250 [details]
additional source Breure, A. S. H. (1984). Survey of the land Mollusca of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. In: T. van der Hammen & P. M. Ruiz (eds.). La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), Transecto Buritaca-La Cumbre. <em>Studies on Tropical Andean Ecosystems.</em> 2: 487-500, figs. 108-112., available online at https://breure.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/35_snsm-buritaca-la-cumbre.pdf
page(s): 488 [details]
status source Richling, I. & Glaubrecht, M. (2008). The types of Neotropical Helicinidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritopsina) in the Malacological Collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: an annotated catalogue, with emphasis on Cuban land snails. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 84 (2): 265-310, Berlin. [details]
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