Succinella
Succinella is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae, commonly called amber snails.[1]
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| Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Succineoidea |
| Family: | Succineidae |
| Genus: | Succinella Mabille, 1871 |
| Type species | |
| Succinea oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 | |
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They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.
Species
Species within the genus Succinella include:
- † Succinella hartmutnordsiecki (Schlickum & Strauch, 1979)
- † Succinella martinovici (Brusina, 1902)
- Succinella oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 - the type species
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Succinella Mabille, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995289 on 2022-07-10
- Genus summary for Succinella
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
- AnimalBase info at:
External links
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