Succinella
Appearance
Succinella | |
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Drawing of apertural view of a shell of Succinella oblonga | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Succineoidea |
Family: | Succineidae |
Genus: | Succinella Mabille, 1871 |
Type species | |
Succinea oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Succinella is a genus of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae, commonly called amber snails.[1]
They usually live in damp habitats such as marshes.
Distribution
[edit]This genus of snails lives on the continent of Eurasia.[2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Succinella include:
- † Succinella hartmutnordsiecki (Schlickum & Strauch, 1979)
- † Succinella martinovici (Brusina, 1902)
- Succinella oblonga Draparnaud, 1801 - the type species
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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 16, 2017.
- AnimalBase info at: [1]
External links
[edit]- Mabille, J. (1871). Histoire malacologique du bassin parisien ou histoire naturelle des animaux mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles qui vivent dans les environs de Paris. Premier fascicule. 1-128, pl. 1-2. Paris, Bouchard-Huzard
- An image of four shells of S. oblonga at: [2]