Alcadia hispida is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.
Description (Original description in Latin) The reddish shell is globular-depressed, thin and bristly. It features four slightly convex whorls. The columellar callus is thin, and the columellar angle is sharply toothed. The outer lip is somewhat thickened and sharply notched near the denticle. The aperture is sublunate.
Distribution This species lives in Cuba."Mollusca" . Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.
Ecology Alcadia hispida is a ground dwelling species.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, .
Predators of Alcadia hispida include larvae of firefly bug Alecton discoidalis.
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